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Discussions of identity in Taiwan are seldom clearcut. Viewed through the prism of the country’s democratization, things can be even more opaque. For those with rudimentary knowledge of these issues, this short book is no primer; indeed, even the initiated may find it challenging. But those in the latter camp should not be put off: The effort is commensurate with the reward. In translating (and reworking) his original Chinese-language text from 2010, Hsiau A-chin’s (蕭阿勤) aim was to ...

Taipei, Oct. 16 (CNA) Taiwanese writer Chi Ta-wei (紀大偉) has expressed surprise at the success his visionary 25-year-old novel with LGBTQ themes has had in the West after being published in translation for the first time in July.