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〈愛在紐約〉是孤淒之地，女子命途多舛。來美生活七年的北京人許之行、曾在難民營生活過的越南中國人葉細細及從墨西哥入境當黑工的台灣人陳玉，總找不到一個落腳地，只是從男或女身上得到心靈慰藉。黃碧雲在〈後話〉自述：「我不知可否將反反覆覆，互相參照與衝突的存在狀態，鋪陳得清楚可讀。」作品引錄句子，取材自台灣歌手陳昇於1996年遊歷紐約後錄製的歌曲《水母》。
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"Love in
New York" is a tale about a group of forlorn women and men facing
their tough fate. Maybe these women are just getting a brief moment
of solace from the body of a man or a woman, but they just cannot
find a place they could call home: Xu Zhixing, from Beijing, has
lived in the US for 7 years; Ye Xixi is a Chinese Vietnamese, have
survived the refugee camp; and Chen Yu, an illegal worker, has
sneaked in the States from Mexico. Wong Pik-wan wrote in "Epilogue":
"I'm not sure if I could lay out clearly and lucidly such
repetitive, mutually indicative and conflicting existence." Text
from the work comes from lyrics from Moon Jelly by Taiwanese
singer Bobby Chen. The song was recorded after the singer had
visited New York in 1996.
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