Description
Taiwan long appears on other people’s maps, first as a periphery of empires and later as a geopolitical footnote. Only literature enables it to tell its own stories: stories of people living between an unresolved past and an uncertain future. The essays in this book offer points of orientation and explore themes shaping Taiwanese society, including the memory of colonialism, the experience of dictatorship, the return to Indigenous languages, the tension between globalisation and local tradition, and the continual search for home. Literary extracts complement these maps, giving a voice to those who experience history from within, through the intimate details of everyday life. The Island at the Crossroads is not a travel guide but an invitation to read attentively. It is a mosaic of voices whose diversity rejects simple labels and presents Taiwan as a place where literature can still name reality more precisely than politics. The contents are in Czech. This is a map of Taiwan, an island that cannot be expressed through a single story.
Information
Author: Dluhošová Táňa
Language: Czech
Publication date: December 15, 2025
Manufacturer: Větrné mlýny s.r.o.
Genres: Essays, reflections, and articles, Books, Fiction, Philosophy, Specialized and technical literature, Social sciences
Type: Paperback book
Pages: 464
ISBN/EAN: 9788074435898