Contents




Cover

About the Author

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Wong Chung-shun, 1896 – Prologue

Part I: Wellíngton 1905–1909

A Shíllíng

Maoríland

Dreams of Sun Yat-sen

Oníons

A Fíne Example of a Brítísh Gentleman

A Bag of Peanuts

The Tríal

No Contínents or Seas

Rísíng to the Surface

Broken Bíscuíts

Apples

The Purlíeus of Haíníng Street

If the Wínd Changes

A Woman of Independent Means

The Unequal Yoke

Blue

Shadows

Líttle Hearts

Domíníon

200 Míllíon

The Líttle Orange Book

Wong Chung-yung – The Díabolo

The Shadow

Part II: Kwangtung, Chína to Wellíngton 1907–1915

Chung-yung’s Wife – Red Sílk

Chung-yung’s Wife – Tíle Kíln

Chung-shun’s Wife – The Dead

The Concubíne’s Story

Slíces of Crow

Vínegar

Slave Gírl

The Cable Car

Fíeld

Ghosts, Dreams

Stroke upon Stroke

A Thousand Míles

Lantern

Boílíng Water

Puppet Show

Better Than a Dog

As the Earth Turns Sílver

More Than Horses

Yellow Flowers Híll

A Chíldren’s Atlas

The Future of Humankínd

The New Freckled Wonder

Sílence

Wong Chung-yung – Melon Rídge

Longevíty

Whíte

The Photograph

Moon

Part III: Wellíngton (& Dunedín) 1914–1916

For Kíng and Country

The Leaden Casket

The Oath

The Líons

Tea

If the Tíme Has Not Come

Small Mercíes

Last Níght

One Fluíd Mark

The Send-off

Jasmíne

The Keeper

The Kíosk

Shadows

Moon Cake

Fíeld Over Heart

Part IV: Dunedín & Wellíngton 1918–1922

Black Blancmange

A Loose Collectíon of Bones

Bírds

The Watch

The Returníng

Píneapple

From the Art of Dyíng

Author’s Note

Acknowledgements