Literary Catharsis: Jenna Tang on Translating Lin Yi-Han’s Only Novel, Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise In Taiwan, almost everyone knows of Lin Yi-Han’s Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise. Long before I decided to translate the novel, people told me, This is a book I’d never dare to read. Some readers…

#LinYiHan #JennaTang "Fang Si-chi’s sense of isolation transported me back to my school days, when bullying on campus was rampant. I was reminded of how this violence inspired me to translate, to learn languages as a way out, and leave #Taiwan for many years." lithub.com/literary-cat... #literature