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Puppet flower : a novel of 1867 Formosa / Yao-chang Chen ; translated by Pao-fang Hsu, Ian Maxwell, Tung-jung Chen.
Van Pelt Library PL2933.E52675 K8513 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chen, Yaochang, author.
- Series:
- Modern Chinese literature from Taiwan
- Standardized Title:
- Kui lei hua. English
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taiwan--History--Fiction.
- Taiwan.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- History.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 297 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- "In 1867, the Rover, an American merchant ship, sank off the coast of southern Taiwan. About a dozen sailors made it to shore, where they were killed by warriors of the Koalut tribe, which had generations ago been almost wiped out in an attack by Westerners. The United States launched two disastrous military operations against the local aboriginal tribes in retaliation. Eventually, the US Consul to Amoy Charles Le Gendre (a naturalized American of French birth who distinguished himself fighting for the Union in the Civil War) negotiated a treaty with Tauketok, the head chief of the 18 tribes of the area, for safe passage for shipwrecked sailors. This historical novel, written in close consultation with aborigine activists, recounts these events alongside the story of Butterfly, a half aborigine-half Hakka young woman who leaves her village to study Western medicine and with whom Le Gendre falls in love"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Translated from the Chinese.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Chen, Yaochang. Puppet flower
- ISBN:
- 9780231208505
- 0231208502
- 9780231208512
- 0231208510
- OCLC:
- 1340030454
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