Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong's Greatest Dissident, and China's Most Feared Critic 中国 a young Chinese housewife arrived

a young Chinese housewife arrived in Taiwan and transformed herself from a novice to a natural in the kitchen

through bits and pieces of letters that Haesoo writes and finally abandons as she walks alone through her city

「在西市門口，他默然站定，覺出腳底有涼意襲上來。 一群鴿子，「撲拉拉」地飛過。他揚起臉，發現自己置身於天井的光影之間。頭上遼闊的天空，已被屋梁與飛檐裁切開，看得見一角無限透明的藍。 放眼過去，唯一的景物是孔廟近旁的古鐘樓。這建築面目陳舊，莊嚴肅穆。灰紅的牆體業已斑駁，布滿了經年的爬山虎，也隨了季節衰落。在爬山虎的交纏下，鐘樓孑然立著，如同入世的隱士。身處市井，外面還聽得見車馬喧囂的聲音。他和這樓面對面，卻覺得心底安靜，身體也緩慢地冷卻下去了。 」 ──《朱雀》 六朝煙水，盛世流離。 他來自異邦，因為她，無盡的陌生打開了缺口。 她遊走民間，背負家世宿命，默然成長。 他們的身後，是人性的地圖，觸碰間彼此溫暖與傷害。滋生交錯，豐盛為城市的聲音。 葛亮長篇小說《朱雀》，書寫由民國至千禧，來自蘇格蘭的華裔青年許廷邁回到父親的家鄉南京留學，在秦淮河畔邂逅了神祕女子程囡。故事以二人感情經歷為經，對金陵古都的觀照為緯，回溯家族淵源，縱橫中日戰爭、反右、文革等歷史關隘，交織出三個世代的傳奇。 小說由他鄉的旁觀者切入，審視當代的南京。主角背負家族宿命，悄然長大。其身後暴露出人性的冷暖，往來間的互助與傷害。交錯涵養，為城市吐出時代的聲音。

建立在十多年細緻入微的採訪和對檔案資料的研究之上，這部宏偉的傳記系統地摧毀了毛澤東的神話賴以存在的全部支柱。它提供了大量的新的發現，再加上優美的文筆，這將使它成為全世界的人都愛讀的書。──《紐約時報》紀思道（Nicholas Kristof），前駐北京記者站站長，專欄作家

and each time I read it I would be filled with the same unbearable sadness I used to feel whenever Naoko stared into my eyes

Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong's Greatest Dissident, and China's Most Feared Critic 中国 a young Chinese housewife arrivedThe extraordinary life story (Publishers Weekly) of the billionaire businessman Jimmy Lai, a leading Hong Kong democracy activist fighting for freedom of speech who became Chinas most famous political prisoner. Jimmy Lai escaped mainland China when he was twelve years old, at the height of a famine that killed tens of millions. In Hong Kong, he hustled and often slept overnight on a table in a clothing factory where he did odd jobs. At twenty one, he