Wintry Night

By Chʻiao Li, Qiao Li, Taotao Liu, John Balcom

An epic spanning more than half a century of Taiwan's history, this breathtaking historical novel traces the fortunes of the Pengs, a family of Hakka Chinese settlers, across three generations from...

The City Trilogy

By Shi-Kuo Chang., S. K. Chang, Chang Hsi-Kuo, John Balcom, Hsi-Kuo Chang

Taiwan's most innovative science fiction writer presents three tales of intrigue, espionage, betrayal, political strife, time travel, and Chinese history and mysticism. Taiwan's most innovative sci...

Indigenous Writers Of Taiwan: An Anthology Of Stories, Essays, And Poems

By John Balcom, Yingtish Balcom

Memories Of Mount Qilai: The Education Of A Young Poet

By Yang Mu, 牧羊, John Balcom

Hualien, on the Pacific coast of eastern Taiwan, and its mountains, especially Mount Qilai, were deeply inspirational for the young poet Yang Mu. A place of immense natural beauty and cultural hete...

Indigenous Writers Of Taiwan: An Anthology Of Stories, Essays, And Poems

By John Editor, John Balcom, Balcom, Translator); Yingtsih Balcolm (Editor)

With Its Intense And Lyrical Explorations Of A Fading Culture, Indigenous Writing Has Become An Important Topic Of Discussion In Taiwanese Literary Circles. This Collection Of Indigenous Literature...

Short Stories In Chinese

By John Balcom, Edited By John Balcom

A dual-language edition of Chinese stories—many appearing in English for the first time   This new volume of eight short stories, with parallel translations, offers students at all levels the oppor...

Trees Without Wind

By 睿理．, John Balcom, Li, Rui, Rui, Li/ Balcom

Unfolding in the tense years of the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), __Trees Without Wind__ takes place in a remote Shanxi village in which a rare affliction has left the residents physically stunt...

Trees Without Wind: A Novel

By 睿理．, John Balcom, Li, Rui

Unfolding in the tense years of the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), __Trees Without Wind__ takes place in a remote Shanxi village in which a rare affliction has left the residents physically stunt...

There’S Nothing I Can Do When I Think Of You Late At Night

By Naiqian Cao, John Balcom

Set among a remote cluster of cave dwellings in Shanxi province, __There's Nothing I Can Do When I Think of You Late at Night__ is a genre-defying exposé of rural communism. In a series of vivid, i...

Zero And Other Fictions

By Huang Fan, Huang, Fan, Fan Huang, John Balcom

Huang Fan burst onto Taiwan's literary scene in the 1980s, publishing pointed urban portraits and political satires that captured the reading public's attention. After decades of innovative work, h...