I have a bit of an uneven personal history with China.
I grew up with a love for Asian culture, which matured into solid appreciation for Chinese and Hong Kong cinema in particular, as well as literary fiction from the likes of Ha Jin (“Waiting”) and Jung Chang (“Wild Swans”).
In 2012 is visited China and Hong Kong as part of a tour of South East Asia, and spent several weeks traveling East from Chengdu to Shanghai, seeing such popular highlights as the Terracotta Army and the Great Wall. It was amazing, and cemented my love for certain aspects of Chinese culture, history and art.
The attraction was so strong that I moved to China last year to work as a TEFL teacher in the ancient city of Xi’an. As readers of this blog will know, that didn’t pan out. Recent sudden success with my editing and ghostwriting business, but mainly aspects of my British personal life that I can’t bear to be without, has put the TEFL life on the back-burner for the time being. I’m sure that I will visit China again in the future, however.
It’s with great joy that I wish all my past and present friends in China a grand Happy New Year, with much prosperity and joy in the year to come!
To celebrate, I’m releasing a special collection of China-related short stories for ebook readers, which will be available within the next few hours from Amazon (here) and Smashwords (here).
In celebration of Chinese New Year 2015, these short stories by David Brookes are released as a collection for the first time. Set in China, three fables of a romantic and philosophical nature show us the inner worlds of three troubled individuals struggling with love, loss and memory.
Also includes a narrative article, “Chasing the Dragon”, in celebration of Chinese New Year.
Please take the chance with 99p (or 99c) for this special little collection and let me know what you think.
Thanks again for your continued love and support!
—db
Mr Brookes Abroad 