In the fourth and final volume of the graphic novel, Tsai Kun-lin looks back on an eventful life. He never quite forgave himself for the bankruptcy of his children's magazine «Prinz». «I wasn't a hero,» he says soberly in an interview with author Yu Pei-yun in 2018. The illustrator Zhou Jian-xin places precisely this moment at the beginning of the book, before travelling back in time. → More about the book

The girl Tuha lives in Cairo. For as long as she can remember, a tame monkey has been part of the family. She has given him the name Maimun, which means "fortunate monkey". Tuha's father earns his living as a street artist, and often Tuha and Maimun join his tours through the streets of Cairo. Many people stop to watch and applause but still, the money in her father's pocket is barely enough to feed the family. Tuha sees him worried … → More about the book

Naná lives in a village on the banks of the Amazon. People's lives are characterised by the climate and the rhythm of the seasons. When the river overflows its banks in the rainy season, the people let the water flow through their homes and the village children travel to school by boat. → More about the book

Tsai Kun-lin spent ten years in prison because, in the eyes of the military regime in Taiwan at the time, he had read the wrong books. After his release in 1960 and the news of the death of his beloved father, the now 30-year-old Kun-lin tried to get his feet back on solid ground in Taipei and earn a living. Anything but easy for a former political prisoner. → More about the book

Almost a hundred years have passed since Tsai Kun-lin's birth. In long conversations, he told the author and the illustrator about his life: about his childhood, the political events during the Second World War, his years in captivity, his later work as a journalist and comic publisher, and his commitment to democracy and human rights. Shortly before his twentieth birthday, Kun-lin is taken away for interrogation. Under pressure, he makes a forced confession. In the eyes of the regime, he has been reading the wrong books - the reading circle at his school is classified as an «illegal organisation». → More about the book

Kun-lin ist knapp fünf Jahre alt, als die Familie Tsai im April 1935 auf dem Weg zu einem Ahnengrab von einem verheerenden Erdbeben überrascht wird. Zehntausende Menschen sterben, viele sind schwer verletzt, Häuser beschädigt oder ganz zerstört. Die Tsais haben Glück, alle überleben. → More about the book