- Imprint: Vintage
- ISBN: 9781529968804
- Length: 352 pages
- Price: £12.99
Service95 *July Must-Reads*Hong Kongers will find themselves ambushed by the specificity of it: the way Moss names the feeling of loving something that the world around you doesn't get. She gives you the nostalgia without saccharine sentimentality, and the rare gift of seeing your own city clearly through someone else's eyes
StylistFascinating... a beautiful memoir that celebrates the hidden forces that make our lives into something special
Observer *20 Books to Read This Summer'An original exploration of identity and politics, as well as a fascinating analysis of modern Hong Kong
Cariad Lloyd, Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book ClubAmazing
Angela Hui, author of TakeawayCaptures that era of Hong Kong music with such warmth and clarity. It’s a scene that shaped generations, and here it feels vivid, alive, and essential... Transcendent and transportive, with prose that kept me hooked to the very last line
Jessica J. Lee, author of DispersalsTracing her own life and career alongside the Hong Kong music scene, Moss emerges here as an author of exceptional vision... This is a book not simply for those who love Moss’s music, but for anyone seeking to understand how complicated, tender histories unfurl in our present—and how art emerges to help us through
Catherine Anne Davies (a.k.a The Anchoress)A captivating memoir-meets-cultural history that blends a modern history of Cantopop with Emma’s own personal journey to reconcile with her identity and Chinese heritage... I was captivated from start to finish and left feeling both moved and more knowledgeable.
Dan SchreiberPrepare to meet your new favourite playlist
Sarah Howe, author of ForetokensMy Cantopop Nights is a wondrous thing: fresh, evocative, self-aware, fantastically light of touch, and wholly original... I read it in one headlong, heartsore sweep
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of The Sleep WatcherOne of my favourite musicians on some of her favourite musicians. A beautiful meditation on how belonging is something we create day by day, year by year.
About Emma-Lee Moss
Emma-Lee Moss is a writer and musician. As a writer, Emma-Lee has contributed to the Guardian, Vice, i-D, British GQ, Wired, the Good Journal and more. As a singer-songwriter performing under the name Emmy the Great, she released four studio albums, as well as several collaborations and soundtracks. She writes original songs for film, theatre, television, radio and community projects, and is interested in the way that songs interact with our everyday lives. My Cantopop Nights is her first book. She lives in East Sussex.
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