Table of Contents

Prologue: Faces, Bronze Faces, by Sun Wei-mang. Translated by Nicholas Koss Shore to Shore, by Sang Pin-zai. Translated by Michelle Wu I Wanted to Go to War, by Sang Pin-zai. Translated by Nicholas Koss The Stone Tablet at the Cove of the Loving Mother, by Wang Yo-hua. Translated by Michelle Wu Old Man Yang and His Woman, by Lu Chiang. Translated by Nancy Du 1,230 Spots, by Show Foong. Translated by Ching-hsi Perng Valley of Hesitation, by Li Yu. Translated by Daniel J. Bauer State Funeral, by Bai Xianyong. Translated by the author and Patia Yasin Tale of Two Strangers, by Yuan Jen. Translated by Daniel J. Bauer The Last of the Whampoa Breed, by Tai Wen-tsai. Translated by Michelle Wu My Relatives in Hong Kong, by Hsiao Sa. Translated by Loh I-cheng Spring Hope, by Li Li. Translated by Chen I-djen The Vanishing Ball, by Chang Chi-jiang. Translated by Kathy Chang Epilogue: In Remembrance of My Buddies from the Military Compound, by Chu Tien-hsin. Translated by Michelle Wu

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Stories born of the trials and heartache of exile in Taiwan.

About the Author

Pang-yuan Chi is professor emeritus of English and comparative literature at National Taiwan University and editor-in-chief of Chinese Pen Quarterly. She is the editor of An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature and Tears of a Thousand Years.David Der-Wei Wang is associate professor of East Asian languages and cultures at Columbia University. He is the author of Fictional Realism in Twentieth-Century China (Columbia)

Reviews

"Seen through the eyes of the exiles' descendants, many of whom are prominent writers in Taiwan, the essays capture the historically tense relationship that still exists between mainland China and neighboring Taiwan." -- "Asian Week"