tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647858.post114629850284214066..comments2024-03-22T16:44:22.235-04:00Comments on 外 not: A Pail of Oysters IIJonathan Bendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697405682873882601noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647858.post-48321216009567390042008-11-28T21:07:00.000-05:002008-11-28T21:07:00.000-05:00Thanks for your response--I'm glad you were able t...Thanks for your response--I'm glad you were able to find <I>Oysters</I> again after all those years. And your story about your co-worker's and your supervisor's reactions to the death of Chiang is also quite revealing.<BR/><BR/>One book about the KMT takeover of Taiwan that gets frequent mention, and that can give a lot of background to <I>Oysters</I>, is <I>Formosa Betrayed</I> by George H. KerrJonathan Bendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697405682873882601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647858.post-56260584074764119152008-11-28T09:09:00.000-05:002008-11-28T09:09:00.000-05:00I lived in Taiwan during the mid '70's. I remembe...I lived in Taiwan during the mid '70's. I remember my mother handing me a book, I only had a couple of days to read it, it must not leave the house, it was all so secret. I never read it. About ten years ago I started looking for the book I never read, never found it and forgot about it. A couple of weeks ago I searched again and found it. Yesterday I finish that book, A Pail of Oysters. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com