Animal Family

In "Animal Family," these "family members" are connected because they face a common fate: the disintegration of their "home."

──Cheung Yuen Man

The most moving scenes in the novel are the reminiscence, lament, and tribute to youth, love, friendship, and kinship.

──Chang Kuei-Hsing

After a six-year hiatus, Chung Lik's collection of short stories, starting with animals, either directly or allegorically, explores the difficult forms of existence that linger in the text, with animals and humans mirroring each other. Looking at the rapid social changes, the loss and preservation of memories, and the varied destinies of those born and raised here, the poet's heart moves between metaphors and reality, portraying human conditions with intricate details—seven short stories echo each other from different angles, depicting a broad landscape of the current survival situation in Hong Kong.

Is there a moth in this mortal world, watching all of this from a place you would never expect?

──Flying Ant