Wang Zhenhe (1940-1990) is one of Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

's most famous writers. Wang's masterpiece is the comic novel

Comic novel

A comic novel is a work of fiction in which the writer not only seeks to amuse the reader, but also to make the reader think about controversial issues, sometimes with subtlety and as part of a carefully woven narrative; sometimes, above all other considerations...

 Rose, Rose, I Love you(《玫瑰﹐玫瑰我愛你》), which is set in the coastal town of Hualien during the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...

. The novel's plot centers on the efforts of the town's leaders to come together to set up a brothel

Brothel

Brothels are business establishments where patrons can engage in sexual activities with prostitutes. Brothels are known under a variety of names, including bordello, cathouse, knocking shop, whorehouse, strumpet house, sporting house, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, and bawdy house...

to entertain a group of American GIs coming to Taiwan for R&R. Wang is considered the foremost representative of the "nativist literature movement" (鄉土文學運動) that swept Taiwan in the 1970s and 80s.