La bâtisse colorée sur la plage

Fiction

89 - 112

2006

Éditions Caractères

Monolingual (French)

This is a story about four old men, who were builders when they were young, trying to work on their final project using the abandoned decorations from the Chinese restaurant they always went to together. They eventually build a colourful tower on the beach, but one of the old men’s son, who is also a policeman, confronts them about the illegal structure. In the end, the four old men decide to burn it down.

CHENG, Sun-hung 鄭辛雄

鄭雄 ; 海辛 ; CHENG, Hung ; Hai Xin

1930

2011

Guangdong, China

Male

Born in 1930 in Guangdong, Cheng fled the Sino-Japanese war in China and came to Hong Kong when he was in primary four. Enlightened by the revolutionary Zheng Bi'an, he developed an interest in literature from a young age. He started to be a full-time writer in the 1970s and published a number of novels, including《一家人》[Family].

CURIEN, Annie 安妮．居里安

Female

Annie Curien is a French sinologist renowned for her academic interest in Contemporary Chinese and Sinophone Literature. She has translated works by Chinese writers such as Han Shaogong and Li Rui. She founded the programme Atelier Littéraire Bipolaire to promote literary exchanges between French and Chinese literati. Her publications include Hong Kong: Approches littéraires.

CURIEN, Annie 安妮．居里安

France

Annie Curien is a French sinologist renowned for her academic interest in Contemporary Chinese and Sinophone Literature. She has translated works by Chinese writers such as Han Shaogong and Li Rui. She founded the programme Atelier Littéraire Bipolaire to promote literary exchanges between French and Chinese literati. Her publications include Hong Kong: Approches littéraires.

收入《新晚報‧星海》1984年7月29日。 收入《香港文叢．海辛卷》(1988)，頁177-85。

1984