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SHAWNA YANG RYANais a former Fulbright scholar and the author of one previous novel, Water Ghosts; she teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Her short fiction has appeared in ZYZZYVA, The Asian American Literary Review, Kartika Review, and Berkeley Fiction Review. She lives in Honolulu.www.shawnayangryan.comaFrom the Hardcover edition.
“Ryan embraces the complexity of the situation, by not creating heroes but instead exploring the truth of compromise, survival and belonging.” —The New York Times “A tough, unsentimental, and moving novel that is a memorial not only to the heroes, but also to the survivors.” —Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer “Sweeping . . . as epic in scope as the story is intimate.” —The Arizona Republic “A chilling, convincing picture of Taiwan during the years of authoritarian rule.” —Los Angeles Times “Moving and suspenseful. . . . Full of compassion.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch
