The Surveillance: Tales of White Terror in Taiwan
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About the Author\nC. J. Anderson-Wu is a Taiwanese writer, in 2017 she published Impossible to Swallow―A Collection of Short Stories About The White Terror in Taiwan. Based on true characters and real incidents, her fictional works look into the political oppression in Taiwanese society during the period of Martial Law(1949~1987), and the traumas resulting from the state’s brutal violation of human rights.\nWhat is it like living under an oppressive regime? How does an individual survive it? Should one rebel or compromise? What will be the consequences of resisting the power, and what will be the price of obeying it?
Taiwan had been under the rule by Martial Law for 38 years(1949~1987), during this period of time, all publications were under strict censorship, public gatherings must apply for permits in advance, opinions against the ruler were silenced, demands for democracy were repressed. Worst of all, dissidents were persecuted.
The 13 stories in this book are about the lives of ordinary people without freedom of expression or complete political rights, and what decisions they might make while faced with a dilemma. Additionally, these stories investigate the role of literary works in a society with all kinds of political taboos.
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