Graphic novels: true stories & non-fiction
Son of Formosa
by Yu Pei-Yun, Zhou Jian-Xin
Description
The true story of Tsai Kun-lin, born in Qingshui, Taichung, in 1930, as he lives through Japanese rule and the arrival of the Kuomintang. Polite and a good student, Tsai found himself sentenced to ten years in jail for“ membership of an illegal organization” after attending a high school book club. On release he worked in publishing and advertising, and founded Prince, a children’s magazine which kept Taiwan’s cartooning tradition alive during martial law. He raised funds to allow a rural little league team to compete in Taipei and, on retirement, became a human rights activist.
Tsai’s life is Taiwan’s recent history writ small. This graphic novel recounts his tenacity and determination.
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Rights Sold: French(Kana), Japanese (Iwanami Shoten),
Arabic(Nool)
2021 White Raven Award
2021 Taipei Book Fair Award
2021 Golden Tripod Award
Author Biography
Story by Yu Peiyun 游珮芸
A graduate of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
at National Taiwan University, Yu Peiyun also holds a PhD from
Ochanomizu University in Japan. She currently researches and
teaches at the Graduate Institute of Children's Literature at National
Taitung University. She is also involved in the curating, writing,
translation and criticism of children’s literature.
Comic by Zhou Jianxin 周見信
Zhou Jianxin has recently established himself as one of Taiwan’s up-
and-coming illustrators. His first illustrated title, The Maroon Oriole,
won the 2014 Taiwan Golden Butterfly Award for Best Book Design
and honorable mention from the International Design Awards. His
collaborative works with Kuo Nai-wen have also been very well
received: their title Missing Cat Posters also won Honorable Mention
in the Hsin-Yi Children’s Literature Award in 2012, and Puppy and I
won first prize for an Illustrated Publication at the 2016 Hsin-Yi
Children’s Literature Award, a position that has remained empty for
eight years. He is the featured artist of Taiwan Pavilion at the 2017
Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL), for the launch of the
Spanish edition of Missing Cat Posters.
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- Publisher Slowork
- Publication Date December 2021
- Orginal LanguageChinese complex
- ISBN/Identifier 9789860697339
- Publication Country or regionTaiwan
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 1,920 TWD
- Pages668
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2021
- Page size23x17 (23x17) cm
- Illustration4 volumes with 4 style, each volume print with 2 colors
- SeriesNewave
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