Notes of a Crocodile coverBook · 1994

Notes of a Crocodile

SapphicTaiwanLiteraryComing-of-age

A university student in late-1980s Taipei, nicknamed Lazi, records in notebooks her tortured love for a fellow student and the lives of her queer friends, interspersed with satirical vignettes about a crocodile hiding among humans. Lazi's name became Taiwanese slang for lesbian.

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Format
Book
Year
1994
Country
Taiwan
Author
Qiu Miaojin
Genres
Literary, Coming-of-age, Classic
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