
Blacksmith Books
BOOK: The Evergreen Tea House: A Hong Kong Novel
BOOK: The Evergreen Tea House: A Hong Kong Novel
Sheung Wan
2-12 Queen's Road West
Unit 1005, Arion Commercial Centre
Sheung Wan
Hong Kong Island Hong Kong SAR

The Evergreen Tea House is a deftly crafted, provocative and poignant tale which blends mismatched love and twisted ambition with political intrigue and diplomatic mendacity. Set in Hong Kong during the twilight years of British rule, the characters live through tumultuous events – the Japanese occupation, the Korean War, the Cultural Revolution – and the emotional trauma associated with the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which precipitated Hong Kong’s handover to China.
The unique and noteworthy element of this novel, beyond its strong evocation of time and place and its careful melding of facts with fiction, is its interpretation of historical events through a Chinese perspective.