Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure
Fishing on a Small Island: Snapshots of Daily Life at the Waterfront in Taiwan
by Flâneur Culture Lab, Wei-Zhi Wang, Wei-Lin Li, Chih-Ying Liao, Ting-Ling Luo
Who would have thought that behind Taiwan’s ocean and freshwater views lie extraordinary stories of the island’s fishermen carving out their livelihood?This book highlights 11 of Taiwan’s traditional fishing techniques. Backdropped by beautiful sea and freshwater, the life stories of active fishermen thread through each featured technique, pulling together with them local landscapes and culture. The people behind each technique are portrayed in valiant and heroic light. With strong fishing imagery serving as the driving force, supplemented are interviews of the masters, ever ready to impact their knowledge, and experts in history and culture to explain various local customs. A benchmark for fishing books in Taiwan, readers are swept into a vicarious story of fishing life, and experience the spirit and culture of our everyday fishermen.
