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By Wu He,Michael Berry

ISBN-10: 0231166001

ISBN-13: 9780231166003

ISBN-10: 023116601X

ISBN-13: 9780231166010

On October 27, 1930, in the course of a activities meet at Musha undemanding tuition on an aboriginal reservation within the mountains of Taiwan, a bloody rebellion happened not like whatever Japan had skilled in its colonial heritage. earlier than midday, the Atayal tribe had slain 100 and thirty-four jap in a headhunting ritual. the japanese spoke back with a defense force of 3 thousand, heavy artillery, airplanes, and across the world banned toxic fuel, bringing the tribe to the threshold of genocide.

Nearly seventy years later, Chen Guocheng, a author often called Wu He, or “Dancing Crane,” investigated the lengthy forgotten Musha Incident to look for any survivors and their descendants. the result's Wu He’s novel continues to be of Life, which imagines the impetus at the back of this nerve-racking occasion and questions its legitimacy and accuracy. In his novel, Wu He walks a tightrope among the primitive and the civilized, good looks and violence, truth and fiction.His is a unique paintings and a milestone in chinese language literature, profitable approximately each significant nationwide literary award upon its e-book in Taiwan, together with the Taipei artistic Writing Award for Literature, the China Times’s Ten most sensible Books of the yr Award, the United Daily Readers’s selection Award, Ming Pao’s Ten top Books of the 12 months Award, and the Kingstone Award for the main Influential booklet of the Year.

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On October 27, 1930, in the course of a activities meet at Musha uncomplicated tuition on an aboriginal reservation within the mountains of Taiwan, a bloody rebellion happened not like whatever Japan had skilled in its colonial heritage. prior to midday, the Atayal tribe had slain 100 and thirty-four jap in a headhunting ritual.

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