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-from the collection of the same name
-daughter of the well known Taiwan writer, Zhu Xining, she is
also one of the dedicated followers of Zhang Ailing in Taiwan
Questions:
1. How would you characterize the style of this story? Does
this style have to do with the theme of the story
2. What does Mia do for a living? What is the nature of her life?
How does she see herself, define herself?
3. What kind of comment about Taiwan society do you think Zhu
Tianwen is making through the character of Mia?
4. Is this an attack on global commodity culture? Or does it
embrace that culture in a more positive way? Is there a nostalgia
behind this story? A nostalgia for something lost to consumerism?