Wintry Night

By Li Qiao and Qiao Li

Book Overview

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 edition is an abridgement for English-speaking readers and marks the work's first appearance in the

English-speaking world. An introduction explaining the cultural and historical background of the novel is included to help orient the reader to this amazingly rich cultural context.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231122004
• ISBN13: 9780231122009
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher