The Man with the Compound Eyes

by Wu Ming-Yi

Book Overview

When a tsunami sends a massive island made of trash crashing into the coast of Taiwan, two very different people--an outcast from a mythical country and a woman on the verge of suicide--are united in ways they never could have imagined. Intertwined with the story of their burgeoning friendship are the lives of others affected by the tsunami, from environmentalists to Taiwan's indigenous peoples--and, of course, the mysterious man with the compound...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345802888
• ISBN13: 9780345802880
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.9"