South America gave us magical realism - what is Taiwan giving us? A new way of telling our new reality, beautiful, entertaining, frightening, preposterous, true. We haven't read anything like this novel. To explore how Wu’s ideal way of writing functions to liberate readers from their present reality, this paper studies Wu’s two English-translated novels The Man with the Compound Eyes and. two realms with a dizzying ease reminiscent of Haruki Murakami, twisting the dreamlike into the curiously credible * Times Literary Supplement * The depiction of Atile'i's magical realm and his innocent wonder at this unfamiliar and murky world is imaginative and moving - Trisha Andres * Financial Times * A wonderful novel which deserves a very wide audience - David Barnett * Independent on Sunday * The Man with the Compound Eyes: A Novel Author Wu Ming-Yi Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2014 ISBN 030790797X, 9780307907974 Length 304 pages Subjects Fiction Science Fiction. I think this work will be a classic - Hugh Howey, author of WOOLįrankly, astonishing. I wept at the description of the dying whales and the approaching tsunami. Nicolas Wu, Yuming Kao Senior Film Agent: San Lin Agents: Jennifer Lee, Yijhen Lee, Mia Lee, Sherri Cheng, Ann Huang, April Chang.
Wu Ming-Yi (Taiwan), author of THE MAN WITH THE COMPOUND EYES.
A haunting and evocative tale, beautifully told. Chi Wei-Jan (Taiwan), author of PRIVATE EYES Chi Zijian (China), author of THE LAST QUARTER OF THE MOON.
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