Where Every Ghost Has a Name: A Memoir of Taiwanese Independence by Liao, Kim

Where Every Ghost Has a Name: A Memoir of Taiwanese Independence

In 2010, Kim Liao traveled to Taiwan to learn the truth about her family. After WWII, her...
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Where Every Ghost Has a Name: A Memoir of Taiwanese Independence by Liao, Kim

Where Every Ghost Has a Name: A Memoir of Taiwanese Independence

¥5,262

Where Every Ghost Has a Name: A Memoir of Taiwanese Independence

¥5,262
Author: Kim Liao
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

In 2010, Kim Liao traveled to Taiwan to learn the truth about her family. After WWII, her grandfather Thomas Liao became the leader of the Taiwanese independence movement, his land was seized, his relatives were arrested, and his nephew was sentenced to death. With their lives at stake, Thomas's wife Anna brought their four children to America to start a new life--never speaking a word about Thomas again.

When Kim arrived in Taiwan six decades later, she was shocked to learn that the KMT government had erased much of the story of Taiwanese independence from the official historical record. For years, Taiwanese citizens were kept in the dark about the violence that transpired during four decades of martial law, with the silenced voices of the White Terror Period mirroring the silencing of the Liao family's story.

Despite this suppression, she learned that former independence leaders had preserved this history in their memories and personal archives. With their help, Kim discovered two stories: her family's story of love and loss, and Taiwan's fight for freedom.



Author: Kim Liao
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 09/03/2024
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781538194058

About the Author

Kim Liao is an author of creative nonfiction, fiction, journalism, and criticism. She was a 2010-2011 Fulbright Creative Writing Research Scholar in Taiwan, and received writing grants from Harvard and Stanford universities. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Salon, The Rumpus, Lit Hub, and others. This is her first full-length book.


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