OLD MEN DON'T CRY A HONG KONG TALE OF SORROW edition by TIM I GURUNG Literature Fiction eBooks
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Chan Hong was alone since the day he could remember. His father was a drunkard, his mother was a gambler, and they were never around at home. He learned everything from Uncle Seven while working at his small store. Eddie Ko and Tsang Adele were his only friends from the high school and they did almost everything together as a team. Chan Hong always wanted to be a police officer. When his mother committed suicide and his father disappeared, a fake uncle appeared out of nowhere and kicked him out by illegally seizing his house. After high school, Eddie Ko and Tsang Adele went back to the U.S. for further study while Chan Hong stayed behind. When Uncle Seven suddenly died, he was kicked out by his relatives from the house again and became homeless and orphan just before his eighteen birthdays. For the next five years, he survived on doing odd jobs and somehow managed to pickup his shattered life. At the ripe age of twenty five, he finally managed to fulfill his goal of becoming a police officer by joining the Hong Kong Police force. Then, Tsang Adele reappeared in his life again, with an unborn child and a shattered soul, and nothing remained the same again. What happened next? You need to read the book to find out. This is a sad but moving story of love, respect and devotion of three friends. His sorrow will pain you, his loyalty will touch your heart, and his sacrifice will make you cry.
A gentle reminder It also chronicles Hong Kong's history since 1980-2014 on the first few paragraphs of each chapter, highlights about Chinese traditions, and is a tearjerker. Make sure you have a box of tissues ready at the side while reading this book!
TIM I GURUNG is an author working on 15th book based in Hong Kong, he writes on serious global and social issues, and only writes for his charity – ISSLCARE.
OLD MEN DON'T CRY A HONG KONG TALE OF SORROW edition by TIM I GURUNG Literature Fiction eBooks
Very intetesting history of modern Hong Kong. A sad slow moving story that has me waiting for his luck to change. The story fits the title.Product details
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OLD MEN DON'T CRY A HONG KONG TALE OF SORROW edition by TIM I GURUNG Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This is a sad story about the life of Chan Hong, even from an early age he struggled through life. After being deserted by his parents, he realised that he had to fend for himself and although was a pleasant child he found it difficult to make friends. This book follows him throughout his life, the friends he made, his life in the police force and all the way to his death.
At the beginning of each chapter was a brief history of Hong Kong, I found this confusing with the story as the dates wrote about did not match up with the years that the story was written about and I must admit skipping the history to carry on with the story.
The story itself was written well and you did have empathy with the main character, as a parent I could not even think of doing that to my child.
If you like memoires and history then this book is for you
OLD MEN DON’T CRY; A HONG TALE OF SORROW by Tim I Gurung is a look at Hong Kong and China from a perspective of the “non-elite” , your “average joe”, the “hard and working to make a better life”, this is not a book about the embellishments from a media’s perspective, a tourist, a mainlander, the westerner. This is a story that showcases the history, traditions, the trials and tribulations of the people of a country, a island once but not to distant once considered and apart of the British colony.
It is said a writer reveals more about themselves than they intend to or want to admit, it’s a reflection of oneself, write about what you know. A writer writes about what they know, pours there heart and soul into it, but still as you read the emotions they may say they realized when writing, others surface. Intentional or not, what helps to make a good story is incorporating what you know, feeling it and being apart of it. Tim I. Gurung did just that, wrote about what he knew, experienced, poured everything into it, but also shared not only his own struggles, happiness and hardships , but a countries, a Islands, and the struggle to make it a better place, a place you want to stay and raise your family.
A change doesn’t happen overnight, but no one place is perfect and if we care to admit it or not, we take the good for granted forgetting the humble and the not so humble origins that make it that place. To stand strong speaks volumes for the human spirit, to keep enduring and hold your head up high even when things look bleak says a lot for the people, to stand United is what encourages growth, strength, and the willingness to see the good grow.
As you read OLD MEN DON’T CRY; A HONG TALE OF SORROW by Tim I. Gurung, you flip through the pages, the story takes place through the people’s eyes, through Hong Kong. Secondly you see through the eyes of the narrator, as it blends and weaves together moving through time, through the years you’re there as Hong Kong grows, see how much China plays a role in celebrations and traditions that unfold. This is not meant to be the upbeat story, it’s not meant to reflect or regurgitate information you find in any modern and history book. This takes a more personal approach, visually breath taking, just the right amount of suspense to keep the reader moving forward, with just right amount of information about the place to fall not just not under a book about tradition and culture, but a book that’s more historical than fiction.
The author uses just enough fiction to help the reader move through a story heavily based on history, personal experiences and growth and separation. If you want to read a book that takes you through the “real Hong Kong” but don’t want something that reads like a textbook or a essay that just presents the facts, this is a book I would recommend to read. I recommended to you readers who like historical fiction, to the readers who want to learn more about other cultures and traditions, to the reader who is looking for a read that’s true to itself. To the writer who feels deeply for it and to that rounded reader looking for something that presents itself from a point of view that takes a more original approach. For the people to the people, not glazed over to make you feel better, but a true and honest approach to make you feel.
For the reader keep a box of tissues if you do get emotional over the heartfelt books, and remember to never take anything for granted .
It’s a must read. One I recommend. But one thing to take into consideration since it’s heavily weighed on facts and experience, to you the characters must come off one dimensional but it does not lack the substance.
I gave it three stars because while I found the story engaging, I found it difficult to associate meaningfully with the characters. I found them two-dimensional. For one thing, the author doesn't develop any dialog between the protagonist and the woman he marries, with the son he raises, nor with his male school friend. Also, it is a sad story, with few nourishing elements in it. Perhaps the protagonist has integrity but it is lacking in the other characters. I like novels where I can relate to characters and even empathize. I couldn't in this case. In fact, I found most of the choices the characters made were rather senseless. The author devotes half of the book to a running historical commentary on Hong Kong and its relation to the rest of the world (the first half of every chapter). While this was interesting, of the most part it had only a tangential relationship to the storyline.
Lovely story written in literary style. It gives much insider information about Hong Kong so that a person feels like they are growing up--alone--there. Recommended!
Base on reality of human life in modern age, an author successfully portraying travail part of life in his words and how to remain contentment as well. One of book, who are feeling loneliest in a world should read once before fall in depress.
I really enjoyed this book...both the story line and the history segments...highly recommend it.
did not go anywhere and slowly. Gave up on it.
Very intetesting history of modern Hong Kong. A sad slow moving story that has me waiting for his luck to change. The story fits the title.
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