num_pages: 155
description: When Joshua Samuel Brown first stepped out of the passenger terminal at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport in Taiwan, he was a stranger in a humid land with insufficient funds, zero job prospects and an over-packed suitcase. Like much else in his life up to that point, his decision to move to Taiwan was based largely on random occurrence and cosmic coincidence. He was twenty-four years old, thousands of miles away from home, and at that moment the happiest man alive. This anthology of short stories, travel essays, photographs, random meditations, and political meanderings grew out of his years on the island formerly known as Formosa.
language: English
title: Vignettes of Taiwan: Short Stories, Essays & Random Meditations about Taiwan
titlecomplete: Vignettes of Taiwan: Short Stories, Essays & Random Meditations about Taiwan
genres: Short Stories, Travel
ratings_count: 35
publisher: Global Directions/Things Asian Press