The entire sum of human ambition is evident in trivial romance. People are always conspiring to change each other; it seems so much easier than changing the world.
Lunch for Two
By Zheng Zhi
Translated by Lilian Huang
It was monsoon season in Taipei, and I wasn't budging more than 500 metres for food.
Carrying umbrellas around was too much trouble. I was always losing them; I must have had dozens go missing over the years. I wasn't the kind of…