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來自清水的孩子 | The Boy From Clearwater with Yu Pei Yun, Zhou Jian Xin, and Lin King

Fri. Apr 26, 2024 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
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​Author Yu Pei Yun and illustrator Zhou Jian Xin with translator Lin King will discuss their graphic novel 來自清水的孩子 |The Boy From Clearwater.


This event will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, Third Floor, Room 303.


語言:以中文進行 | The program will be conducted in Mandarin with interpretation.


The Boy from Clearwater - Taiwan, 1930s. Tsai Kun-lin, an ordinary boy, was born in Qingshui. He grew up happily sneaking into the sugar cane fields reciting nursery rhymes he couldn’t understand, despite Japanese occupation looming over him. As war emerges, Tsai’s memories shift to military parades, air raids, and watching others face conscription into the army. After the war comes a new era under the rule of the Chinese National Party, and the book-loving teenager tries hard to learn Mandarin and be a good son. He believes he is finally stepping towards a comfortable future, but little does he know, a dark cloud awaits him ahead.

 

Taiwan, 1950s. In his second year at Taichung First Senior High School, Tsai had attended a book club hosted by his teacher. This comes back to haunt him when he is consequently arrested on a charge of taking part in an “illegal” assembly. After being tortured into a false confession, he is sentenced to ten years in prison and eventually sent to Green Island for “reformation.” Lasting until his release in September 1960, Tsai, a victim of the White Terror era, spent ten years of his youth in prison, experiencing unspeakable horrors as well as unimaginable kindnesses. But he is now ready to embrace freedom.

 

At this event, author Yu Pei Yun will discuss the book with illustrator Zhou Jian Xin with translator Lin King.

 

To join the event in-person | Doors will open 30 minutes before the program begins. For free events, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Priority will be given to those who have registered in advance, but registration does not guarantee admission. All registered seats are released shortly before start time, and seats may become available at that time. A standby line will form 30 minutes before the program.



ABOUT THE SPEAKERS


Author 游珮芸  | Yu Pei-Yun  graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages, National Taiwan University and holds a doctoral degree in Human Science from Ochanomizu University, Japan. Currently teaching at the Graduate Institute of Children's Literature at National Taitung University, she is devoted to the studies of Children's Literature and Culture. Yu also writes, translates, critiques, curates exhibitions about and plans the publication of children's literature.


Professional graphic artist 周見信 | Zhou Jian-Xin holds a PhD in Children's Literature from National Taitung University and MA in Design from Taipei National University of the Arts.

 

 金翎 | Lin King is a writer and translator from Taipei. Her writing has appeared in Boston Review and Asymptote, among other publications, and has won the PEN/Dau Short Story Award for Emerging Writers. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and an AB from Princeton University.

 


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  • Assistive listening devices and/or hearing loops are available at the venue.

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  • This venue is fully accessible to wheelchairs.



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With special acknowledgement to our program partner, the Taipei Cultural Center in New York.



 


The 7 Stories Up Series at SNFL is made possible by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).

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