by Ch'un-ming Huang · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9781911221166
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«Platform with No Timetable» is the short story collection by Ch'un-ming Huang, published by Balestier Press in paperback (246 pages, in English).
A businessman is forced to act as a pimp for a group of Japanese men; a young man travels the dangerous road from Taipei to Yilan while his female passengers seek ghost legends. These and other stories portray rural life in Taiwan with irony, humor and tenderness, and reflect on Taiwanese identity.
Translated into English by Howard Goldblatt. The cover title includes the initial article: «A Platform with No Timetable».
For readers of contemporary fiction interested in rural Taiwanese life and in stories that combine humor and compassion.
