Tsai becomes one of the many thousands of people dragged away from their families and thrown into prison. In the following weeks, as the Chinese Nationalists act to crush the opposition, Dr. Tsai delivers his youngest daughter, the unnamed narrator of Green Island, just after midnight as the city is plunged into martial law. Green Island is a tough, unsentimental and moving novel that is a memorial not only to the heroes, but also to the survivors.” -Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The SympathizerĪ stunning story of love, betrayal, and family, set against the backdrop of a changing Taiwan over the course of the twentieth century.įebruary 28, 1947: Trapped inside the family home amid an uprising that has rocked Taipei, Dr.
The story is haunted by questions about whether Taiwan is a part of China or its own country, what the costs are of standing up for one’s beliefs and by the choices made by one father and his daughter.
“Shawna Yang Ryan’s propulsive storytelling carries us through a bloody time in Taiwanese history, its implications still reverberating today.
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