How should we read Taiwan – and how should we understand it through literature? A reading by the author of Island at a Crossroads: A Literary Map of Taiwan will present a selection from nine chapters of the book, which combines a European perspective with the voices of contemporary Taiwanese authors. Through stories of everyday life, change, and tension, a picture of an island standing between tradition and modernity, between East and West, unfolds before us. The reading will show that literature can be a map that does not separate, but connects – and that understanding a different place often means learning more about the one you live in.
With the support of the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan, and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Prague.
Speaker
Kevin Chen
Author
Haruna Honcoop
Filmmaker and Sinologist
Táňa Dluhošová
Researcher at the Oriental Institute
