Orphan of Asia
By: Wu Zhouliu ; translated by Ioannis Mentzas.
Contributors: Mentzas, Ioannis.
Series: Modern Chinese literature from Taiwan
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Taiwan -- History -- 1895-1945 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Born in Taiwan, raised in the scholarly traditions of ancient China but forced into the Japanese educational system, Hu Taiming, the protagonist of Orphan of Asia, ultimately finds himself estranged from all three cultures. Taiming eventually makes his mark in the colonial Japanese educational system and graduates from a prestigious college. However, he finds that his Japanese education and his adoption of modern ways have alienated him from his family and native village. He becomes a teacher in the Japanese colonial system but soon quits his post and finds that, having repudia.