Novels/Classics - Taiwanese-authored

A Family in Taiwan
Ling Yu
Daily life of a 12 yr old girl and her family

A Taste of Freedom (1972)

Peng Ming-min (1923 - )
An autobiographical work by one of Taiwan's most prominent fighters for democracy.

Bamboo Shoots after the Rain: Contemporary Stories of Women Writers of Taiwan
By Ann C Carver and Sung-Sheng Yvonne Chang
Published 1991 by Feminist Press (special order through bookshops)

Chinese Stories from Taiwan: 1960-1970
Edited by Joseph Lau & Timothy Ross
Published 1976
Still in print/ US$58!

Counting Mantou: An American in the Taiwanese army (forthcoming)
Lin Dao-ming (T.C. Lin)
T.C. Lin was born T.C. Locke to a non-Asian family in the United States, where he grew up. After visiting Taiwan, however, he decided he wanted to stay -- and was able to do so by becoming a citizen of the Republic of China. With citizenship came mandatory service in Taiwan's military, which is the subject of Lin's book, told from his unique perspective.

Ugly Chinaman and the crisis of Chinese culture, The
Bo Yang b. 1920
Translated and edited by
Don J. Cohn and Jing Qing
Banned in China

An author during the martial law era, he was imprisoned under Chiang Kaishek for being too outspoken, he still lives in Taiwan

The book is actually a collection of speeches given abroad and in Taiwan and discusses the negative sides of Chinese culture and suggests ways to improve it (through Westernization, basically, although he is fond of many aspects of Chinese culture