Fiction
TAMING THE BLUE SHEEP馴羊記
Introduction
2021 TLA Golden Book Award & 2021 TLA New Bud Award
About the Book
This dialogue between pilgrims – a Taiwanese naturalist and a Japanese monk – who converge in Tibet narrates the story of the mountainous former kingdom throughout decades of revolution, redevelopment, and environmental turmoil. Hsu Chen-Fu’s arresting narrative style, which carries us seamlessly from the icy domain of the snow leopard to sites of urban redevelopment, decay, and former conflict redefines creative non-fiction in Taiwanese literature.
Judge Commentary (By Lee Pin Yao)
Taming the Blue Sheep is about what a traveler seeks when he goes looking for a snow leopard in Tibet, opening a view onto the lifeworld therein. Blending questions from the realms of humanities, ecology, architecture, and mythology, the book brings readers on a voyage through the highlands. There is a story within the story by Ekai Udagawa, also called Taming the Blue Sheep. Thus Taming the Blue Sheep contains another Taming the Blue Sheep, reflecting both past and present. It is an inside-out glove, a vanished Tibet within Tibet.
About the Book
This dialogue between pilgrims – a Taiwanese naturalist and a Japanese monk – who converge in Tibet narrates the story of the mountainous former kingdom throughout decades of revolution, redevelopment, and environmental turmoil. Hsu Chen-Fu’s arresting narrative style, which carries us seamlessly from the icy domain of the snow leopard to sites of urban redevelopment, decay, and former conflict redefines creative non-fiction in Taiwanese literature.
Judge Commentary (By Lee Pin Yao)
Taming the Blue Sheep is about what a traveler seeks when he goes looking for a snow leopard in Tibet, opening a view onto the lifeworld therein. Blending questions from the realms of humanities, ecology, architecture, and mythology, the book brings readers on a voyage through the highlands. There is a story within the story by Ekai Udagawa, also called Taming the Blue Sheep. Thus Taming the Blue Sheep contains another Taming the Blue Sheep, reflecting both past and present. It is an inside-out glove, a vanished Tibet within Tibet.
Info
Category：Fiction
Author：Hsu Chen-Fu
Publisher：China Times Publishing Company
Rights Contact：Whitney Hsu
Email：whsu@nurnberg.com.tw
ISBN：9789571387680
