Memoir books from Taiwan
Recommended memoir books (2)
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If you are into memoir here are some memoir books from Taiwan for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Strangers on a Pier : Portrait of a Family by Tash Aw EN
Description:
'So wise and so well done. It made me wish it were much longer than it is' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie From the award-winning author of Five Star Billionaire and We, The Survivors comes a whirlwind personal history of modern Asia, as told through his Malaysian and Chinese heritage.
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The Translator's Daughter : A Memoir by Grace Loh Prasad EN
Description:
A Taiwanese American writer unfurls themes of memory, dislocation, language, and loss to tell a unique story about reclaiming one's heritage while living in a diaspora. Born in Taiwan, Grace Loh Prasad was two years old when the threat of political persecution under Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorship drove her family to the United States, setting her up to become an "accidental immigrant." The family did not know when they would be able to go home again; this exile lasted long enough for Prasad to forget her native Taiwanese language and grow up American. Having multilingual parents--including a f... continue