Won't say I understand everything in this book, but from what I know, this book can be a very special milestone for every Taiwanese book market. It shows that while Taiwanese history is interesting, not every good book from a Taiwanese writer should be writing about history, and personal, merely interesting reflection upon life is doable too. Aight, back to the book itself. I've spent about 4 days to read it through, but I think with Lee's writing, one can easily stop and comtemplate each sentence and chapter for much longer time. The overall writing style of her is crazy fun, very meta, but unlike many trying to be meta, her writing are strong. Would definitly love to read more books like this, and (though I don't think Lee herself gives a fuck about that, judge by how she talks aobut writing within this book) I think this is a step towards the right direction for Taiwanese literature.
An amazing “fiction” that is written as a biography, with a lot of interesting elements, including the techniques in writing fictions and biographies, as well as traditional, well-known childhood tales. Surprisingly a great and enjoyable page turner.