Wintry Night
Wintry Night
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Summary
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.
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Wintry Night by Qiao Li
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 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 newly 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. Because Li's saga is so deeply imbued with the unique culture and complex history of Taiwan, an introduction explaining the cultural and historical background of the novel is included to help orient the reader to this amazingly rich cultural context. This informative introduction and the sweeping saga of the novel itself together provide an important view of Taiwan's little known colonial experience.
This novel is classic historical fiction presented in a very real and intriguingly perceptive styleA masterpiece! -- Viviane Crystal The Historical Novels Review Li Qiao's Wintry Night trilogy is a landmark of Taiwan fiction and Taiwanese consciousness... This English version is expertly translated. World Literature Today
Li Qiao has been one of Taiwan's most famous and prolific writers for the past forty years. He wrote his monumental saga, Wintry Night, over five years from 1975 to 1980.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780231122009 |
| ISBN 10 | 0231122004 |
| Title | Wintry Night |
| Author | Qiao Li |
| Series | Modern Chinese Literature From Taiwan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Year published | 2001-03-07 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |