The Human Condition refers to a critically acclaimed and popular series of stage plays written and directed by filmmaker Wu Nien-Jen starting in 2001, which depict the lives of everyday people trapped in grinding poverty in a colloquial and familiar language.
This book is pulled from the third story in the series. Beginning in 1969 and ending in 2000. The protagonists are three young men from the south who work in a factory in Taipei. Often beaten by their boss, life is tough and the three form a close bond in their shared hardship. Fortunately, the local noodle shop owner is kind to them, and just watching the pretty young girl who works there is a salve for their souls. That is, until a terrible murder changes everything…
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THE HUMAN CONDITION III: MIDNIGHT IN TAIPEI
漫畫人間條件3:台北上午零時
- Author Wu Nien-Jen , Akimma Lee
- Translator Nick Stember
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Category: Comic
Publisher: Mobius
Date: 2013/1
Pages: 132
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