The story – “One Night in Hong Kong” depicts how a young Chinese physician, for certain reason, passing himself off as a gigolo, waits upon a young American widow for one night at a Hong Kong hotel. She is charming and passionate; he is handsome and gentle. She likes his personable appearance; he cannot resist her tempting coquetry. Their story is funny, touching and infused with romance and wonder.
This book of four stories is one of WONG Sik-hau’s vivid writings. As it demands to have bold descriptions to enliven the nature and characters of the scenarios, this book is not recommended to juvenile readers.
作者兒子花了九年時間整理,加插逾3000條注釋。
讀者在欣賞本書有趣的故事時,更可深入了解書中英文的諺語、俚語、口語和字彙等的運用。
Mr. WONG Sik-hau
Mr. WONG Sik-hau was born in Qing Dynasty. He had his first ABC learning at the age of 15. Since then, he had a fervent interest in English literature. And, after many years of everlasting studies, he was well stored with knowledge of English power and writing capacity, and had his books beautifully written.
作者黃錫侯,生於清末,十五歲才學習ABC,一生喜愛英國文學。在大學時得到學者徐志摩和林語堂等的指導,獲益良多,自此更勤奮學習。
作者對英文寫作要求甚高,經過多年的精心研習,晚年才敢落筆寫作,但並没有出版過。現在將他的遺稿面世,一共三本書。
- 目錄
- One Night in Hong Kong 香港一夜 2
- The Love Story of Chao Wen-chun and Ssu-ma Hsing-ju 卓文君與司馬相如 124
- Empress Wu 武則天 186
- White Lotus 白蓮教 250