Synopsis "Minor Scratches"
Essays on expat life in Taiwan, short tales, much ado about a glowing crow, and more make up this new collection from expat Eric Mader. Readers who were tickled or infuriated by his last collection Idiocy, Ltd. will be tickled or infuriated again. With submissions by Paul Wylie, Ryan Tsai, M.K. Getgood, 黃聖翔, Max Yawney, Ullrich Langer, Mr. Who Dat Blues, 范姜詠欣, Kristin Mader, 汪時泉, 莊崴翔 and Josh.Mader is ... an endlessly fascinating eccentric, and absolutely everything he puts his hand to is very well worth reading. --Bradley Winterton, Taipei TimesOn Idiocy, Ltd. Eric Mader shows a sure hand in balancing satire, spoof, and twilight-zone weird, revealing hints of Kafka, Borges, and other worthies.--Duncan Chesney, Prof. of Comparative Literature, National Taiwan UniversityEntertaining and stimulating, demanding and rewarding ... Each text is a linguistic, or literary, or cultural event, something performed or enacted in one or multiple domains of discourse. --Hugh Hochman, Prof. of French at Reed College, Oregon
