Orphan of Asia Condition:Very Good Charlie Brooker

Charlie Brooker

Such a union would guarantee Li Lan a home for the rest of her days

at an alarming rate

to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia

is the man he so happens to meet

Orphan of Asia Condition:Very Good Charlie BrookerBorn in Japanese occupied Taiwan, raised in the scholarly traditions of ancient China by his grandfather but forced into the Japanese educational system, Hu Taiming, the protagonist of Orphan of Asia , ultimately finds himself estranged from all three cultures. Wu's autobiographical novel, completed in 1945, is widely regarded as a classic of modern Asian literature and a groundbreaking expression of the postwar Taiwanese national consciousness.