Balcom, John, and Yingtsih Balcom, Editors, translators. Indigenous Writers of Taiwan: An Anthology of Stories, Essays and Poems.(Book review)

BALCOM, JOHN, and YINGTSIH BALCOM, Editors, translators. Indigenous Writers of Taiwan: An Anthology of Stories, Essays & Poems. Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. xxiv + 194 pages. Map, translator's introduction, notes on the authors. Hardcover US$29.50/19.50 [pounds sterling]; ISBN 0-231-13650-1.

With this volume Professor John Balcom and his wife Yingtsih have placed the literature of the indigenous nations of Taiwan on the map as far as the English reading public is concerned. This is very much to their credit.

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