Taiwan

Books dealing with the sovereign state in East Asia. Aka the "Free area of the Republic of China" which is not ruled by the Communist Party of China. Taiwanese literature refers to any literature written by Taiwanese in any language ever used in Taiwan, including Japanese, Taiwanese Han (Hokkien, Hakka and Mandarin) and Austronesian languages. ...more

Notes of a Crocodile
Green Island
The Man with the Compound Eyes
The Stolen Bicycle
The Membranes
Two Trees Make a Forest: Travels Among Taiwan's Mountains & Coasts in Search of My Family's Past
Taiwan Travelogue
Last Words from Montmartre
Forbidden Nation: A History of Taiwan
The Astonishing Color of After
Ghost Town
Taipei People
Crystal Boys
Bestiary
Formosa Betrayed (United States Foreign Policy)
Gerry Abbey
Somehow, we were passing the boundaries of language and finding clarity in shared thought, even if we were just talking about beer!
Gerry Abbey, Cheers, Beers, and Eastern Promise

Hua Hsu
What was it like for them to leave home and cross the Pacific, with only the haziest plans for return? In the absence of available connections, they held onto an imaginary Taiwan, more an abstraction—a beacon, a phantom limb—than an actual island. The available technology delivered them there only on special occasions. So, they searched for traces of home in the faces of their classmates; they heard it wafting above the din when they shopped for groceries.
Hua Hsu, Stay True

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