Jack, an undergraduate, is a melancholic boy of the modern times. Through a series of strange circumstances and under the guidance of Professor P, he travels with the eccentric history professor to the most prosperous town in 1920s Taiwan: Twatutia. They come to appreciate a vastly different way of life and philosophy.
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Jack, an undergraduate, is a melancholic boy of the modern times. Through a series of strange circumstances and under the guidance of Professor P, he travels with the eccentric history professor to the most prosperous town in 1920s Taiwan: Twatutia.
They come to appreciate a vastly different way of life and philosophy. Incidentally, they are embroiled in the visit of the Japanese crown prince, the Chiang Wei-shui resistance and other crucial events in history. They also meet Ms. Ginger, an enigmatic seamstress with a fierce personality, and Rose, a ravishing top geisha.
How will current knowledge impact a century-old society? What sort of shock will the righteous ideals and spirited national consciousness from the 1920s impose on people today leading comfortable lives but increasingly finding themselves at a loss?