Chi Ta-wei

A prescient fable that explores the boundaries of what it means to be human. We gradually find things out based on the perspective of the main character in the first section, only to have our point of view completely unhinged by another reality in the latter part of the book. All of this transpires in a very understated series of developments that take on new meaning as the book unfolds. As the translator asks in the afterward, "Who are you before you read the book, and who after?" Who you are depends on how you confront some of these same aspects of the human condition. Similar in theme to _The Matrix_, but found here without the drama or the martial arts. Loads of angst. Profound and indelible.… (mere)