Wintry Night
Overview
An epic spanning more than half a century of Taiwan's history, this breathtaking 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 brilliantly 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 edition is an abridgement for English-speaking readers and marks the work's first appearance in the
English-speaking world. An introduction explaining the cultural and historical background of the novel is included to help orient the reader to this amazingly rich cultural context.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780231122009
- ISBN-10: 0231122004
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- Publish Date: March 2001
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.81 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
- Page Count: 304
- Reading Level: Ages 22-UP
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