Born in Sarawak, Malaysia in 1956, Zhang Guixing came to Taiwan in 1976 to attend university, and has made Taiwan his home ever since. His writing centers on his native land of Borneo, detailing in particular the lives and history of Chinese Borneans. His novels have been awarded every major literature prize in Taiwan, and praised by scholars of sinophone literature worldwide. His previous novel, Wild Boars Cross the River, has been translated into French, Albanian, Korean, and Japanese.

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