{"product_id":"green-island-a-novel","title":"Green Island: A Novel","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby Shawna Yang Ryan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA stunning story of love, betrayal, and family, set in a Taiwan undergoing enormous changes over the course of the twentieth century.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBEST BOOK AWARD IN FICTION BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs an uprising rocks Taiwan, a young doctor in Taipei is taken from his newborn daughter by Chinese Nationalists, on charges of speaking out against the government. Although the doctor eventually returns to his family, his arrival is marked by alienation from his loved ones and paranoia among his community. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYears later, this troubled past follows his youngest daughter to America, where, as a mother and a wife, she too is forced to decide between what is right and what might save her family—the same choice she witnessed her father make many years before. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe story of a family and a nation grappling with the nuances of complicity and survival,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Green Island\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e raises the question: how far would you go for the ones you love?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSHAWNA YANG RYAN is a former Fulbright scholar, the author of one previous novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWater Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Her short fiction has appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eZYZZYVA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Asian American Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKartika Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Berkeley Fiction Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She lives in Honolulu.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"飛地·紐西蘭 Nowhere Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48898232353003,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/0746\/4939\/files\/GreenIsland.png?v=1781837284","url":"https:\/\/nowherebookstorenz.myshopify.com\/zh\/products\/green-island-a-novel","provider":"飛地·紐西蘭 Nowhere Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}