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Notes of a Crocodile
Literature · 1994
Miaojin Qiu
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Literature 1994

Notes of a Crocodile

Taipei queer confessionpost-martial-law achediary as disguise
Author
Miaojin Qiu
Year
1994
Region
Taiwan
This work has been selected for the Aravien index based on editorial review.
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"Set in the post-martial-law era of 1990s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile depicts the coming-of-age of a group of queer misfits discovering love, friendship, and artistic affinity while hardly studying at Taiwan's most prestigious university. Told through the eyes of an anonymous lesbian narrator nicknamed Lazi, Qiu Mi...

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Taipei queer confession Taipei queer confessionpost-martial-law ache
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"Set in the post-martial-law era of 1990s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile depicts the coming-of-age of a group of queer misfits discovering love, friendship, and artistic affinity while hardly studying at Taiwan's most prestigious university. Told through the eyes of an anonymous lesbian narrator nicknamed Lazi, Qiu Mi...

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Keeps memory in play with a different literature voice.
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"Set in the post-martial-law era of 1990s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile depicts the coming-of-age of a group of queer misfits discovering love, friendship, and artistic affinity while hardly studying at Taiwan's most prestigious university. Told through the eyes of an anonymous lesbian narrator nicknamed Lazi, Qiu Mi...
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