Description: Yao-Chang Chen's historical novel Puppet Flower retells the story of the 1867 sinking of the American merchant ship the Rover and its aftermath. He brings to light the pivotal role of this incident in Taiwanese history, merging documented events and literary imagination.
Review Quotes: Puppet Flower is an absorbing tour through the multicultural hodgepodge that was Formosa in the mid-19th century--Jeff Tompkins "Cha: An Asian Literary Journal"