Dachun Zhang
Autor von Wild Kids: Two Novels About Growing Up
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Bildnachweis: 2008 Taipei International Book Exhibition - Hall 1 Activity Center 2: Ta-chun Chang.
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- Chang Ta-ch'un
- Geburtstag
- 1957
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- Taiwan
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With that said, both stories have something interesting to offer. The biting cultural and political commentary is delivered with a strong sense of cynicism. Everyone from uncaring, cheating parents to ignorant, nosy school principals to insensitive skirt-chasers to ghost-seeing hoodlums get their share of cynical judgment. The narration, though uneven, gives a sense of urban grit from dilapidated "juancuns" to the dangerous back alleys of a bustling city. The point of view of the narrator is often comical as much as cynical. There is some sexual and gang violence, again described with a cynical voice, in the second story that contrasts well with the slow and steady decline of the narrator's mother's emotional health, which can be equally disturbing. In both stories, parents are detached, uncaring, self-centered weirdos. All in all, it is a harsh critique of urban life, though it is not easy to generalize from.… (mehr)