Stone Dream

Stone Dream records the daily life of Liu and his family and by means of interviews with the protagonist and his neighbours describes the complex ethnic relationships in Taiwan where many Chinese live who have started families with native Taiwanese The stones from the title are the rocks from the river that sometimes in their polished form display beautiful landscapes as a symbol of inner beauty When his wife dies the now elderly Liu wants to return to his fatherland but at the same time he realises that he will no longer feel at home there He has become too strongly attached to his new fatherland Taiwan where his son and grandson were born