Recommendations from our site
“Huang Chun-ming’s stories are early masterpieces of nativist literature. Nativist writers sought to represent the daily lives of ordinary Taiwanese, particularly the underclasses in rural Taiwan. These writers were dedicated to depicting social injustices and to building up a Taiwanese identity. In these ways the Nativists were pushing back against the KMT’s strict control over culture.” Read more...
Sabina Knight, Literary Scholar
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Taipei People
by Pai Hsien-yung -
Bamboo Shoots After the Rain: Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of Taiwan
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Exiles at Home: Stories
by Ch'en Ying-chen -
The Taste of Apples
by Huang Chun-ming -
Angelwings: Contemporary Queer Fiction from Taiwan
by Fran Martin (translator)
