Everyday Movement by Leung, Gigi L.
Everyday Movement by Leung, Gigi L.

Everyday Movement

"A powerful novel set in a Hong Kong that feels remarkably universal." --Mohsin Hamid, author of Exit...
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Author: Gigi L. Leung
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Everyday Movement by Leung, Gigi L.

Everyday Movement

$95.99 $49.71
Everyday Movement by Leung, Gigi L.

Everyday Movement

$95.99 $49.71
Author: Gigi L. Leung
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
"A powerful novel set in a Hong Kong that feels remarkably universal." --Mohsin Hamid, author of Exit West

"A dazzling, page-turning novel...Gripping, specific, important, and highly satisfying." --Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot and Either/Or

A powerful, award-winning novel that follows the lives of two women as democracy starts to crumble in Hong Kong

On a weekend morning, college roommates Ah Lei and Panda wake up with very different reactions to the night before. They have been chased and tear-gassed in the streets of their city after joining tens of thousands of others to protest a national security law that would effectively spell the end of democracy in Hong Kong. Ah Lei can't get out of bed, her heart heavy with the lingering images of the police and the violence on the streets, and her worries about the future of her hometown. Panda, whose resistance is no less ardent, puts on a sundress, lines her eyes, and urges Ah Lei to join her for brunch.

While the demonstrations rage, the routine of life also persists for Ah Lei, Panda, and people in their orbits. They attend family gatherings, fight with their mothers, try and fail to focus at work on Mondays, and make time for dinner dates and app hookups. But the looming political tension and anxiety for the future transform such everyday encounters. In the span of a few months, life as they know it seems to become a mirage: the comfort of air-conditioned shopping malls is disrupted by bloodshed; tear gas and the sounds of rubber bullets amid neon signs strangely evoke happier memories of summer night fireworks.

Gigi L. Leung's visceral novel Everyday Movement reveals existential questions that interrupt normal life: belonging, patriotism, and the meaningfulness of an electoral democracy, as well as the pampering sense of normalcy created by consumerism. Fiery and tender, Leung's writing captures the heartbreak, turmoil, and rebirth in bearing witness to and engaging with a shattering reality.

Author: Gigi L. Leung
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 02/10/2026
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780593855379


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2026
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2025
Publishers Weekly 12/15/2025

About the Author
Gigi L. Leung is a writer of fiction and poetry. Her work was a finalist for the Taipei Literary Award and won a Golden Tripod Award in 2024. She grew up in Hong Kong and lives in Taipei.

Jennifer Feeley translates the cult favorite Hong Kong writer Xi Xi, for which she won the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize and a Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Award. She was a National Endowment for the Arts fellow in 2019.
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