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City on Fire: A Novel about surviving in Hong KongAug 28, Fri, 6-7:30pm, JF BOOKSIn English Fiction can&#39;t predict the future, but it can insist on complexity when headlines demand simplicity. My novel City on Fire opens in the summer of 2019, when tear gas and uncertainty became part of Hong Kong&#39;s daily rhythm. The protests revealed fractures that won&#39;t heal easily, but they also revealed a stubborn, creative resilience. Hong Kong has been written off before, but has always surprised doomsayers by bouncing back.&nbsp;This talk will use my novel as a lens to examine a community in crisis&mdash;and to ask what the future could hold for what one writer has described as the &ldquo;indelible city.&quot; SIMON ELEGANT is an award winning journalist and novelist. Until 2026, he was China Bureau Chief for THE WASHINGTON POST, having earlier served in the same role for TIME magazine. His most recent novel is CITY ON FIRE, a mystery set in Hong Kong during the anti-government protests of 2019. Publishers Weekly said of CITY ON FIRE: &quot;Striking just the right balance between tension and emotional depth, this bruising thriller delivers the goods.&quot;

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City on Fire: A Novel about surviving in Hong KongAug 28, Fri, 6-7:30pm, JF BOOKSIn English Fiction can't predict the future, but it can insist on complexity when headlines demand simplicity. My novel City on Fire opens in the summer of 2019, when tear gas and uncertainty became part of Hong Kong's daily rhythm. The protests revealed fractures that won't heal easily, but they also revealed a stubborn, creative resilience. Hong Kong has been written off before, but has always surprised doomsayers by bouncing back. This talk will use my novel as a lens to examine a community in crisis—and to ask what the future could hold for what one writer has described as the “indelible city." SIMON ELEGANT is an award winning journalist and novelist. Until 2026, he was China Bureau Chief for THE WASHINGTON POST, having earlier served in the same role for TIME magazine. His most recent novel is CITY ON FIRE, a mystery set in Hong Kong during the anti-government protests of 2019. Publishers Weekly said of CITY ON FIRE: "Striking just the right balance between tension and emotional depth, this bruising thriller delivers the goods."

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