Again I See the Gaillardias

Through misunderstanding, sympathy, reconciliation and love, seven schoolchildren forged an abiding friendship in their hometown Penghu, a cluster of islands in the Taiwan Strait. Brought together by their Arts and Crafts teacher, the children learned to cherish their friendship and to understand their cultural roots. At their farewell party, they promised to come back for a reunion twenty years later, on the evening of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Now working in Canada, Glasses is coming home to keep his promise. Penghu's landscapes - waves, fields, cows, coral-stone walls, horsetail trees and gaillardias - summon back memories at school, in the pottery workshop, and on a trip to the Isle of Jibei. As he makes his way towards the old workshop, Glasses relives those memories and contemplates the meaning of home.

The Taiwanese writer Li Tong's award-winning novel, Again I See the Gaillardias, is a deeply moving story about friendship, growing up, homecoming, self-identification and local attachments.

Author: Tong Li
Publisher: Balestier Press
Published: 09/15/2016
Pages: 174
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780993215476

About the Author
Li, Tong: - Li Tong (1953-2004) was born in Hualien, Taiwan. Celebrated and vigorously studied in the Chinese-speaking world, his writings range across lyrics, essays, children's literature, fiction and drama. He won several prestigious literary awards in Taiwan, including a National Arts Award and a Sun Yat-Sen Arts Award. Over the decades, his writings have attracted a wide readership from the ordinary reader to students and academics, appearing in influential anthologies as well as on school and university reading lists. His novels have been adapted into radio plays and films. "Again I See the Gaillardias" is his first book to be translated into English.Yen, Brandon: - Brandon Yen was educated in Taiwan, Scotland and England. He holds a PhD in English from the University of Cambridge. As well as writing and translating, he has a particular interest in practising botanical illustration. His translation of Li Tong's "Again I See the Gaillardias" received an award from the National Museum of Taiwan Literature.

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