City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City
by Ian Lambot
Published for the first time: 8/31/1993
216 pages, Paperback
Genres: Architecture, Photography, History, Art, China, Nonfiction, Asia
Girard and Lambot spent four years exploring the notorious Walled City of Kowloon (Hong Kong), before its final clearance in 1992. With over 320 photographs, 32 extended interviews, and essays on the City's history and character, this reprint is not only an informative glimpse of a now vanished landmark but a sensitive and penetrating portrait of a unique community.
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