Wild boar in Victoria Harbor

The collection of poems unfolds with the call of a wild boar. In the tense daily life of these years, it explores the eternal essence of life and presents a Hong Kong that cannot be seen in news and images. The poet writes in Hong Kong's four mainstream languages ​​- English, Chinese, Cantonese and Cantonese English - to explore how we are shaped by the cultural struggles that represent these four languages. What runs throughout the book is the poet's concern for the marginalized, neglected and oppressed - just like wild boars being expelled from the ever-expanding city. The poet would like to dedicate this book to those who live in a polarized society and still have hope for faith and love.

Florence Ng's first bilingual collection captures the essence and everlasting amid the torrents that have been washing the city through the voice of a wild boar—a free-spirited beast who dares to swim in one of the world's busiest and most commercialized harbors. Given the city's unique historical development and geographical location, the poet writes in four mainstream languages—English, Chinese, Cantonese, Cantonglish to examine how the meeting of East and West, North and South exerts its influence in everyday life, while at the same time she never forgets to speak for the neglected, marginalized and the oppressed—chicks in a decimated tree, an old lady who hungers for company, a questioning Christian, an old man battered by life... This is a collection for all those who believe in faith and love in a polarized society.