Wang Wen-hsing is one of the most distinguished writers in contemporary Taiwan. His two novels, Family Catastrophe and Backed Against the Sea, embody some quintessential elements of modernist aesthetics. Dimensions of narrative language, especially its psycho-acoustic effects and symbolic potentialities, are explored to the fullest extent therein. Probing the dark recesses of family ethics and exposing the limits of human dignity, these works pose serious challenges to Taiwan’s conservative and conformist dominant culture formed in the martial-law period. Wang’s relentless endeavors to build a distinctive model of literary creation has earned him enormous reverence in academic circles. Further testimonials of his exceptional achievement include two prestigious awards, the Taiwan’s National Award for Arts in Literature (2009) and the French Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (2011).——Sung-Sheng Yvonne Chang

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3 PAGES OF EXCERPT FROM MAN WITH CLIPPED WINGS

《剪翼史》


FAMILY CATASTROPHE (CH. 83)



(The following recording is provided through the courtesy of Professor Peng Yi and taken from his project
"Gramophone: The Prosody of Modernity, the Case of Wang Wen-Hsing" sponsored by the National Science Council [Ministry of Science and Technology])


BACKED AGAINST THE SEA VOL. 2 (PP. 362 - 364)


(The following recording is provided through the courtesy Professor Peng Yi and taken from his project
"Gramophone: The Prosody of Modernity, the Case of Wang Wen-Hsing" sponsored by the National Science Council [Ministry of Science and Technology])


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대만현대소설선4-꿈꾸는 타이베이
首爾:東國大學出版部 (2010)
譯者:金尚浩
此書為金尚浩教授繼「台灣現代小說選集」第2集後的另一部編譯作品,主要收錄作品有陳千武〈獵女犯〉、王文興〈欠缺〉、白先勇〈金大班的最後一夜〉、陳若曦〈晶晶的生日〉、東方白〈黃金夢〉、楊青矗〈低等人〉、朱西甯〈鐵漿〉、朱天文〈世紀末的華麗〉以及朱天文〈想我眷村的兄弟們〉等9篇作品。

譯者金尚浩,1961年首爾出生,台灣國立中山大學中文系博士。目前任職於台灣修平科技大學應用中文系,致力於台、韓兩國的文學交流活動。
---引自臺灣文學網

This anthology is continued with “a collection of modern Taiwanese novels 2” compiled by Professor Kim Sang-ho and is composed of other 9 short novels such as “Hunting” by Chen Qian-wu, “an illusion” by Wang Wen-hsing, “Dreams of gold” by “Low people” by Yang Ching-chu, “iron slurry” by Zhu Xi-ning, “the splendor of the end of century” by Chu Tien-wen, “Thinking of brothers in my military dependents’ village” by Chu Tien-sin. Each work describes Taiwan’s realistic problem occurred in the process of experiencing eventful historical reality and social changes during 20 century.
---Quoted from 臺灣文學網

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