Qiu Miaojin in Paris, where she committed suicide at age 26 in 1995, the year after Notes of a Crocodile was first published. Photo: Evans Chan
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Book review: Notes of a Crocodile – Qiu Miaojin’s Taiwan lesbian classic gets a well-timed English translation
As Taiwan legalises gay marriage, this frank telling of a young lesbian’s struggle to understand her place in 1990s Taipei stirs the imagination as much now as when it was first published 23 years ago
Qiu Miaojin in Paris, where she committed suicide at age 26 in 1995, the year after Notes of a Crocodile was first published. Photo: Evans Chan
