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Ah-Chung (Restored Edition)
Ah-Chung (Restored Edition)
Liao Hui-ying
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The digitally restored film will be released on May 12.
Women's Fiction · Classic of its Era
The film adaptation, co-written by Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Liao Hui-Ling, won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 21st Golden Horse Awards!
The restored commemorative edition of the film includes stunning stills and a comprehensive analysis from novel to film!
A girl's fate is like rapeseed, growing wherever it lands.
"Ah Fei" is Liao Hui-Ling's debut work, which shocked the literary world and brought her instant fame upon its first appearance, and remains one of her most popular representative works.
This book collects four novels: the eponymous short story "Ah Fei" won the first prize in the China Times Literary Award and was adapted into a film, winning the Golden Horse Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The novel presents a microcosm of the fate of Taiwanese women after the war, and is lauded as "capturing thirty years of tragic life for Taiwanese women in one stroke." The mother, from a doctor's family and educated in Japan, was once an envied "black cat," but became trapped in a harsh marriage; Ah Hui, the eldest daughter, was intelligent and diligent from an early age. When she was admitted to university, her mother's words, "The pig isn't getting fat; the fat is going to the dog," still repeatedly summoned the girl within her who yearned for equal treatment with her brothers. Despite the tangled and often hurtful relationship between mother and daughter, they shared a genuine understanding and sympathy. Ah Hui's and her mother's life experiences reflect the struggles and explorations of two generations of women in family, education, and love during Taiwan's social and economic transformation; it not only initiated Liao Hui-Ling's exploration of female self-awareness in her novels, but also eloquently expressed the inner voices of women striving to survive in the gap between tradition and modernity. In an era when the literary awards of the two major newspapers flourished, female creators converged with the women's movement and feminist thought, shining brightly in the literary world and laying the groundwork for the future cacophony of literary voices.
Continuing the portrayal of women's situations, "Lost Moonlight" observes the varied lives of women working in the entertainment industry through the eyes of Xiao Mi, who moves north for work but ends up settling in a Japanese-style bar. In "Little Bell's Cross," "I" witness my brother and sister-in-law's journey from marriage to separation, and raise questions about redefined marital and family relationships. The final piece, "The Red Dust Tribulation," depicts the intrigue, romance, and power struggles of the advertising world, and is hailed as one of Taiwan's most representative urban novels. Besides portraying the sharp assertiveness and emotional fluidity of professional women, it also incisively points out the persistent gender dilemmas in the workplace.
Book Features
★The eponymous novella "Ah Fei" won the first prize in the China Times Literary Award.
Women's Fiction · Classic of its Era
The film adaptation, co-written by Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Liao Hui-Ling, won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 21st Golden Horse Awards!
The restored commemorative edition of the film includes stunning stills and a comprehensive analysis from novel to film!
A girl's fate is like rapeseed, growing wherever it lands.
"Ah Fei" is Liao Hui-Ling's debut work, which shocked the literary world and brought her instant fame upon its first appearance, and remains one of her most popular representative works.
This book collects four novels: the eponymous short story "Ah Fei" won the first prize in the China Times Literary Award and was adapted into a film, winning the Golden Horse Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The novel presents a microcosm of the fate of Taiwanese women after the war, and is lauded as "capturing thirty years of tragic life for Taiwanese women in one stroke." The mother, from a doctor's family and educated in Japan, was once an envied "black cat," but became trapped in a harsh marriage; Ah Hui, the eldest daughter, was intelligent and diligent from an early age. When she was admitted to university, her mother's words, "The pig isn't getting fat; the fat is going to the dog," still repeatedly summoned the girl within her who yearned for equal treatment with her brothers. Despite the tangled and often hurtful relationship between mother and daughter, they shared a genuine understanding and sympathy. Ah Hui's and her mother's life experiences reflect the struggles and explorations of two generations of women in family, education, and love during Taiwan's social and economic transformation; it not only initiated Liao Hui-Ling's exploration of female self-awareness in her novels, but also eloquently expressed the inner voices of women striving to survive in the gap between tradition and modernity. In an era when the literary awards of the two major newspapers flourished, female creators converged with the women's movement and feminist thought, shining brightly in the literary world and laying the groundwork for the future cacophony of literary voices.
Continuing the portrayal of women's situations, "Lost Moonlight" observes the varied lives of women working in the entertainment industry through the eyes of Xiao Mi, who moves north for work but ends up settling in a Japanese-style bar. In "Little Bell's Cross," "I" witness my brother and sister-in-law's journey from marriage to separation, and raise questions about redefined marital and family relationships. The final piece, "The Red Dust Tribulation," depicts the intrigue, romance, and power struggles of the advertising world, and is hailed as one of Taiwan's most representative urban novels. Besides portraying the sharp assertiveness and emotional fluidity of professional women, it also incisively points out the persistent gender dilemmas in the workplace.
Book Features
★The eponymous novella "Ah Fei" won the first prize in the China Times Literary Award.
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