When a tsunami sends a massive island made entirely of trash crashing into the Taiwanese coast, two very different people—an outcast from a mythical island and a woman on the verge of suicide—are united in ways they never could have imagined. Here is the English-language debut of a new and exciting award-winning voice from Taiwan, who has written an “astonishing” novel (The Independent) that is at once fantasy, reality, and dystopian environmental saga.Fifteen-year-old Ati...

La revue semestrielle Jentayu (ISSN 2426-2536) est dédiée à la traduction de textes courts ou d’extraits de roman. À chaque numéro, entre douze et quinze textes provenant d’une variété de pays et de régions d’Asie sont sélectionnés sur un thème donné et traduits par des traducteurs chevronnés. Pour certains de ces textes, ils sont aussi mis en contexte sur le site internet par le biais d’un entretien avec l’auteur, le traducteur, ou d’une présentati...

Incredible Mandarin: Basic Course (Book 1) by Shu-Fen Chen, Ching-Hua Chen, Ming-Yi Li, Dien-Min Liu, and Chiehyu Jessica Wang.

Wandelnde Bäume, wundersame Schmetterlinge, Rehe, die sich in Ziegen verwandeln, und eine Katze, die ein unaussprechliches Geheimnis birgt: Wu Ming-Yi hat mit Der Mann mit den Facettenaugen eine faszinierende Romanwelt geschaffen, in der Klimakollaps, indigene Mythen, Identität und existenzielle Gefühle den Hintergrund für eine vielschichtige und raffinierte Erzählung bilden. Darin begegnen sich die lebensmüde Akademikerin Alice und der in den Tod verstoßene Indigene Atile'i, nur um sich w...

Sur la passerelle reliant le bâtiment « Ai » (Amour) et le bâtiment « Hsin » (Confiance) du grand marché de Chunghua, à Taipei, un magicien exerce son art. Autour de lui, tout un monde s’active dans de petits métiers. Le narrateur, qui a une dizaine d’années à cette époque-là, tient un stand de semelles en face de l’illusionniste. Comme ses camarades, il est fasciné par ses tours, dont certains dépassent la mystification habile du prestidigitateur et semblent mener à de mystérieux mondes p...

In the ongoing courageous struggle of a relatively small group of Chinese to prevent the completion of the Three Gorges Dam in China, Dai Qing is the outspoken leader whose eloquent voice is always heard despite threats and intimidation by the Chinese authorities to silence it. Dai Qing, an investigative journalist and author with a wide audience in China and abroad, compiled this book of essays and field reports assessing the impact of the Three Gorges megadam now under construction at Sa...

Vajo-vajo szigetét minden másodszülött fiúnak el kell hagynia aznap, amikor betölti tizenötödik életévét – így áldozzák fel a tengeristennek. Atile’i a legerősebb úszóként és a legjobb csónakosként elhatározza, hogy dacol a sorssal, és ő lesz az első, aki életben marad.Alice, akinek férje és fia is örökre eltűnt a hegyekben, tengerparti házában csendben készül az öngyilkosságra. Tervét azonban keresztülhúzza a Tajvan partjainak ütköző hatalmas szemétsziget, amelyen Atile’i menedéke...

A kötet főhőse eposzi utazásra indul: fel akarja deríteni apja húsz évvel korábbi rejtélyes eltűnését, és szeretné megtalálni annak ellopott biciklijét is.Egymással különös módon összefonódó történetekbe csöppen: megismeri Lin Vangot, a valaha élt legidősebb elefántot, feltárul előtte a Délkelet-Ázsia őserdeiben harcoló második világháborús katonák históriája, sőt bepillantást nyer a pillangókollázsok készítőinek és a régi biciklik tajvani rajongóinak titkos világába is.Wu ...

Set in a garden far, far away, The Dancing Garden tells the story of Xiaohui, a butterfly on a journey of self-discovery. Believing she is not as attractive as the other insects in the garden, Xiaohui is initially envious of her charming friend, Mimi the bee, who also seems to be good at many things. However, with help and encouragement from Mimi, Xiaohui eventually comes to realise that everyone is unique in their own way, and discovers where her own strength lies!《跳舞花園》這...

Set in a garden far, far away, The Dancing Garden tells the story of Xiaohui, a butterfly on a journey of self-discovery. Believing she is not as attractive as the other insects in the garden, Xiaohui is initially envious of her charming friend, Mimi the bee, who also seems to be good at many things. However, with help and encouragement from Mimi, Xiaohui eventually comes to realise that everyone is unique in their own way, and discovers where her own strength lies!《跳舞花园》这...

“A grey mouse called Jianjian was playing in the hills when he saw a rainbow bridge. He wished to go there but he could not fly. A strong gust of wind brought an injured white crane into the meadow, whom Jianjian helped to recover. To return his kindness, White Crane took him to the rainbow bridge. Jianjian discovered that there were many different kinds of fruits and vegetables inside the rainbow bridge and he loved eating them very much. He felt very excited! Unfortunately, soon after th...

“Pandi’s Mum gave Pandi a magic apple seed and asked him to plant an apple tree in their bamboo forest while she was away for a few days. Though Pandi did not believe that it would work, he did as he was told. To Pandi’s surprise, the apple seed really grew into a beautiful apple tree after a few days. He was very excited and called the tree Pingping. He loved Pingping very much. This upset the bamboos in the forest so they started saying harsh things to Pingping. Poor Pingping felt lonely...