Notas del episodio
In this deeply personal episode, we explore Overseas Bride, a short story by Wong Yi that captures the emotional toll of migration, language loss, and the fragile ties between love and belonging. Set against the backdrop of Hong Kong’s shifting identity, the story asks: What does it mean to leave home when home is a language?
Wong Yi reads an excerpt in Cantonese (followed by the whole story English), and joins Julia for a conversation about:
- Mother tongue as sacrifice – Why losing Cantonese can feel more devastating than physical displacement.
- Marriage as escape – How the story subverts romantic tropes with a pragmatic proposal.
- Hong Kong’s cultural paradoxes – Is the city truly a "cultural desert," or a place o ...
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