By Letitia Lee "There’s something in the way she moves, looks my way or calls my name that seems to leave this troubled world behind… And if I’m feelin’ down and blue or troubled by some foolish game, she always seems to let me change my mind… ” Beginning of a song by James Taylor Prologue A modern Taiwanese Zhi Nu (Weaver Girl) and Niu Lang (Shepherd Boy) type of tale must begin, where else, at the bookstore. Not just any bookstore, of course, but one of those fancy types with an integrated department store and a shiny, yuppie coffee lounge. Bookstores are commonly known for their extensive range of wisdom, presented in a calm environment. Casual encounters and tete-a-tetes between the shelves? Eyeing games, pick-up lines over the pages of the newest Paolo Coelho? Seem odd to you? To many Taiwanese it doesn’t. The conventional rules of the game of love, as we shall see in the following story, don’t always apply in Taiwan… a
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May 2024
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