Stories of Taiwan Reading Club Vol. 18 台灣小説讀書會
Schedule
Sat, 06 Jun, 2026 at 02:00 pm
UTC+08:00Location
台北市萬華區艋舺大道110號1樓, Taipei, Taiwan 108028 | Taipei, TP
Time: Sat, June 6, 14:00–16:00
Location: Daybreak 破曉咖啡 @ New Bloom 台北市萬華區艋舺大道110號1樓
👓閲讀故事 Selected Reading:
🔪《殺夫》李昂 （幾則新聞，第一至二章）
🥩 The Butcher's Wife by Li Ang (News Report, Chapters 1 & 2) translated by Howard Goldblatt & Ellen Yeung
可以藉由點選以下的連結來閱讀章節。已事先徵求過允許。Click on the link below to find the excerpts from the story collection, shared with permission.
🔗 Reading Link 讀物連結
中文 & English https://shorturl.at/Bq5xR
🖋️ 活動介紹 About the Event
歡迎加入我們的短篇小說讀書會！此雙語讀書會在台北每隔兩個月定期聚集，以指定的語言小組模式來討論短篇作品。 通過我們的趣味暖身活動及引導討論，我們希望參與者可以藉此深化對於文本本身的批判閱讀能力，並且同時探討有關台灣的文學、歷史、政治及文化相關等議題。
Join our Short Story Club! Our Chinese-English bilingual group in Taipei meets every two months to discuss short texts in smaller, language-specific groups. Through our fun warm-ups and guided discussions, we hope participants may deepen their critical reading of the text while exploring literary, historical, political and cultural themes related to Taiwanese identity.
📖文本介紹 About the Text and Author
再也無法忍受丈夫施加性暴力的林市，以屠夫謀生所倚的屠刀，殺了他。
台灣文壇最具爭議的小說之一，《屠夫》以作者的故鄉鹿港，為背景。巧妙地將林市與屠場中豬隻所遭逢的噩運交織在一起：豬隻被屠殺、肢解，好被人吞食；而林市則被家中長輩以性玩物的姿態販賣給丈夫，任其凌虐。。儘管故事中的主要反派角色看似是施暴的丈夫，但林市所面臨的道德譴責與根深蒂固的厭女主義，為更加暴力。
Unable to endure the sexual violence of her husband, Lin Shi kills the pig butcher with his own instrument–a meat cleaver.
Known as one of the most controversial pieces of Taiwanese fiction, The Butcher’s Wife is set in the author’s hometown, Lukang. Li Ang cleverly weaves the doomed fate of Lin Shi with the animals of the butcher trade. While pigs are led to the slaughterhouse and consumed, Lin Shi is sold off by her uncle as a sex object for a new husband. Though the primary antagonist may appear to be the abusive husband, the moral condemnations and deeply rooted misogyny of Lin Shi’s world are far more violent.
李昂出生於台灣中部沿岸的鹿港。她從十六時歲開始書寫，抱持率真、獨樹一幟的見解，洞悉當代台灣的性別政治，並以1983年的中篇小說《殺夫》首度聞名國際。她的寫作至今持續影響著女性主義文學，深邃地批判、探查性別權力和台灣社會結構。其著作還有改編成影劇作品。
Li Ang was born in Lukang, a coastal city in central Taiwan. She began writing at 16 and is known for her idiosyncratic, candid, and penetrating insights on gender politics in contemporary Taiwan.
Li Ang first gained international prominence with her 1983 novella The Butcher's Wife. Her writings have been transformed into TV shows and films. To this day, Li Ang's work remains influential in feminist literature and offers a critical yet profound examination of gender-based power dynamics and Taiwanese social structures.
Event Details 活動訊息
✨ 討論語言 Discussion Languages: 英文、中文或雙語並用 English, Chinese, or bilingual
✨ 入場費 Entrance Fee: 100 NTD 來支持場地 to support the venue
🔗 Reading Link 閱文鏈接 | 中文 & English https://shorturl.at/Bq5xR
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