The Last of the Whampoa Breed Book

Sigh. Taiwanese history makes me tearful in so many ways. KMT refugees in Taiwan are one of the gravely forgotten categories of people in modern history. The stories beautifully capture their life, sentiment, and aging experiences.

Wow, I am the first to rate and/or review the book. Well, it apparently does not lure crowds of readers and brings about melees in libraries so let me just introduce it. It is a collection of short stories aiming to capture emotions and traumas of a generation of Chinese soldiers and their nearest and dearest after being forced to leave the Chinese mainland for Taiwan, following the KMT army. Even though an uneducated Western reader may not fully grasp the cultural background, it is still an interesting reading. Most stories are slow-moving melancholic reminiscences, so typical of today`s Chinese literature.