Wanchai Chronicles A Tale Of Lost Innocence In Hong Kong's Red-light District

Author Svend Christiansen offers an intelligent morality tale that explores issues of desire and faithfulness in Wanchai. Karl Haugaard, an American venture capitalist, in Asia on business, risks the love of his wife, Kirsten, for a growing infatuation with Tika, a beautiful Indonesian teenager. Karl is torn between his sexual desires and his need to rescue Tika, who is determined to escape the drudgery of life as a domestic servant. Upon his return home to California, Karl's conflicting feelings of guilt and longing increase in intensity. Eventually, a confrontation with Kristen sends Karl down a path that provides no way back. "Maybe the most honest and heart felt portrayal of the prostitutes in Hong Kong since Suzie Wong." ?Glutter (Runner-Up, Best Hong Kong Blog Award 2004) "The Wanchai Chronicles is not just about the frolics of one Hong Kong expatriate or a love story, it is a deeper exploration into the human condition." ?Idle Days (Finalist, Best Singapore Blog Award 2004) "Svend Christiansen scores bulls-eye after bulls-eye in his brief tale of one man who risks it all to follow the unreliable compass of his physical obsessions." ?Expat@Large (Finalist, Best Asian Newcomer Blog Award 2004)Christiansen, Svend is the author of 'Wanchai Chronicles A Tale Of Lost Innocence In Hong Kong's Red-light District', published 2005 under ISBN 9780595333608 and ISBN 0595333605.