The boy from Clearwater. Book 2 / Yu Pei-Yun ; Zhou Jian-Xin ; translation by Lin King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

You, Peiyun, 1967- author.

Contributor:

Zhou, Jianxin (Illustrator), artist.

King, Lin, 1993- translator.

Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Lai zi Qingshui de hai zi. English

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Cai, Kunlin, 1930-2023--Juvenile literature.

Cai, Kunlin.

Cai, Kunlin, 1930-2023--Comic books, strips, etc.

Political prisoners--Taiwan--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Political prisoners.

Political prisoners--Taiwan--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.

Taiwan--History--20th century--Juvenile literature.

Taiwan.

Taiwan--History--20th century--Comic books, strips, etc.

Cai, Kunlin, 1930---Cartoons and comics.

Political prisoners--Taiwan--Biography--Cartoons and comics.

Taiwan--History--20th century--Cartoons and comics.

Graphic novels.

Genre:

Graphic novels.

Physical Description:

355 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Montclair : Levine Querido, 2024.

Language Note:

In English, translated from the Mandarin.

Summary:

"An incredible true story in graphic novel form that lays bare the tortured and triumphant history of Taiwan, an island claimed and fought over by many countries, through the life story of a man who lived through its most turbulent times"-- Provided by publisher.

"After his imprisonment in Green Island, Kun-lin struggles to pick up where he left off ten years earlier. He reconnects with his childhood crush Kimiko and finds work as an editor, jumping from publisher to publisher until finally settling at an advertising company. But when manhua publishing becomes victim to censorship, and many of his friends lose their jobs, Kun-lin takes matters into his own hands. He starts a children's magazine, Prince, for a group of unemployed artists and his old inmates who cannot find work anywhere else. Kun-lin's life finally seems to be looking up... but how long will this last? Forty years later, Kun-lin serves as a volunteer at the White Terror Memorial Park, promoting human rights education. There, he meets Yu Pei-yun, a young college professor who provides him with an opportunity to reminisce on his past and how he picked himself up after grappling with bankruptcy and depression. With the end of martial law, Kun-lin and other former New-Lifers felt compelled to mobilize to rehabilitate fellow White Terror victims, forcing him to face his past head-on. While navigating his changing homeland, he must conciliate all parts of himself--the victim and the savior, the patriot and the rebel, a father to the future generation and a son to the old Taiwan--before he can bury the ghosts of his past."--Amazon.com.

ISBN:

9781646143726

1646143728

OCLC:

1485186277