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Wintry Night by Li Qiao & Taotao Liu & John Balcom
Billed as "a Taiwanese 'Gone With the Wind'", this story spans more than half a century of Taiwan's history, tracing the fortunes of the Pengs, a family of Hakka Chinese settlers, across three generations from the 1890s, just before Taiwan was ceded to Japan, to World War II.Spanning more than half a century of Taiwan's history, this historical novel traces the fortunes of the Pengs, a family of Hakka Chinese settlers, across three generations from the 1890s, just before Taiwan was ceded to Japan as a result of the Sino-Japanese war, through World War II. Li Qiao re-creates the dramatic world of these pioneers - and the colonization of Taiwan itself - exploring their relationships with the aboriginal peoples of Taiwan and their struggle to establish their own ethnic and political identities. This carefully researched work of fiction draws upon Li's own experiences and family history, as well as oral and written histories of the era. Originally published in Chinese as a trilogy, this translated edition is an abridgement for English-speaking readers and marks the work's first appearance in the English-speaking world. It was well-received in Taiwan as an honest - and influential - recreation of Taiwan's history before the relocation of the Republic of China from the mainland to Taiwan. An introduction explaining the cultural and historical background of the novel is included to help orient the reader to this rich cultural context. This informative introduction and the saga of the novel itself together provide an important view of Taiwan's little known colonial experience. |
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| Author(s) : John Balcom | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0231122004 | ISBN-13 : 9780231122009 |
| RRP : £47.95 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Series Title : Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan S.
Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 14/02/2001
Publisher : University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Page Length : 304mm
Page Size : 229mm