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The Monkey Chronicles

The Monkey Chronicles

XI, XI
Minford, John
Morgan, David

Hardcover

Series: Hong Kong Literature

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ISBN10: 9882373550
ISBN13: 9789882373556
Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Published: Nov 25 2025
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.81
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.69 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

After her celebrated The Teddy Bear Chronicles, Xi Xi turns her creative vision towards the world of the primate kingdom. At the age of 73, Xi Xi traveled extensively across Asia, from tropical forests to conservation centers, immersing herself in the natural world of apes and monkeys.
Xi Xi then documented 51 endearing ape and monkey puppets that she had sewn, weaving them into a series of insightful dialogues with her friend, the Hong Kong writer Ho Fuk Yan. These discussions cover the depiction of apes and monkeys in Chinese and Western literature, painting, drama, and film, as well as the close relationship between humans and their primate relatives. Xi Xi's own words, imbued with a profound empathy, reveal the heart of her work: If there is a common theme to our conversation, it is to respect life and speak for those lives that have been discriminated against in the history of human development, and apes are the starting point for this.

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