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Born in Taiwan, raised in the scholarly traditions of ancient China but forced into the Japanese educational system, Hu Taiming, the protagonist of Orphan of Asia, ultimately finds himself estranged from all three cultures. This autobiographical novel is regarded as an expression of the postwar Taiwanese national consciousness.
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Orphan of Asia, Zhuoliu Wu
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- Released
- 2008
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- Title
- Orphan of Asia
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Zhuoliu Wu
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0231137265
- ISBN13
- 9780231137263
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Asia, China, Japanese Literature, Asian Fiction, Chinese Literature
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- Born in Taiwan, raised in the scholarly traditions of ancient China but forced into the Japanese educational system, Hu Taiming, the protagonist of Orphan of Asia, ultimately finds himself estranged from all three cultures. This autobiographical novel is regarded as an expression of the postwar Taiwanese national consciousness.