A review by litprof
Notes of a Desolate Man by 朱天文, Chu Tienwen, Howard Goldblatt, Sylvia Li-chun Lin

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

3.75

Erudite, with poignant descriptions of interpersonal relationships that represents an important transitional generation of post-martial-law queer Taiwanese. Though the novella is short, it took me two months to finish, because I found the narrative difficult to get into.