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Orphan of Asia

 

亞細亞的孤兒

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Wu Zhuoliu (Wu Chuo-liu; 吳濁流) (1900-1976) was an influential Taiwanese journalist and novelist. His experiences during the colonial period, including fifteen months (January 1941-March 1942) spent on the mainland, served as an inspiration for his most famous work, Orphan of Asia, a semi-autobiographical account of the experiences of a fictional protagonist -- Hu Taiming -- during the course of the colonial period. This work, which highlighted the ambiguity and tension inherent in being Taiwanese, has since become a key text in the contentious subject of Taiwanese identity.

 

 

* Orphan of Asia by Columbia University Press

Excerpt: Born in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, raised in the scholarly traditions of ancient China by his grandfather but forced into the Japanese educational system, Hu Taiming, the protagonist of Orphan of Asia, ultimately finds himself estranged from all three cultures. Wu's autobiographical novel, completed in 1945, is widely regarded as a classic of modern Asian literature and a groundbreaking expression of the postwar Taiwanese national consciousness. Originally written in Japanese and now translated into English for the first time, Orphan of Asia offers a powerful depiction of the political, cultural, and psychological impact of colonialism.

 

 

* 吳濁流代表作品目錄 by

* 吳濁流性格的矛盾與掙扎:讀《無花果》與《台灣連翹》 by 歐宗智

* 吳濁流的詩論與詩歌 by 潘進福

* 紀實與虛構: 吳濁流、鍾理和的中國之旅與原鄉認同 by 張惠珍

* 吳濁流的民族認同 --以《亞細亞的孤兒》作初探 by 施正峰

* 吳濁流戰後初期出版日文小說封面 by 陳凱劭

* Video: 亞細亞的孤兒 Orphan of Asia (song by Luo Dayou)