Voices from the Beautiful Island by Chiu, Tzuhsiu BerylMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
A nice collection of bilingual poetry and stories from various authors, with the Chinese and English side by side. My favorites were "Spring rain" (春雨), by Cheng, ching-wen, and "Soul Palanquin" (魂轎), By Tonfang Po.
Apparently the version of Spring Rain is slightly altered here, at least the English translation is. I also noticed there is a story by Husluman Vava, which was featured in The anthology of Taiwan indigenous literature, and this was different as well. I'm not sure why in either case.
Still, a good mix, also with an indigenous story and an ode to the military compounds that many mainland Chinese grew up in when they came here.
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