The Taste of Apples
Huang Chun-ming, Huang / Goldblatt, Howard
From the preeminent writer of Taiwanese nativist fiction and the leading translator of Chinese literature come these poignant accounts of everyday life in rural and small-town Taiwan. Huang is frequently cited as one of the most original and gifted storytellers in the Chinese language, and these selections reveal his genius. In "The Two Sign Painters, " TV reporters ambush two young workers from the country taking a break atop a twenty-four-st...