Writer, illustrator, and professor of synophonic literature, Wu Ming-Yi (Taoyuan, Taiwan, 1971) publishes a collection of six short stories in which humans, nature, and technology invade other worlds and confirm their interdependence. Wu Ming-Yi's literature has been labeled magical realism for the way it seamlessly links human and non-human experiences. In this sense, The Land of Bitter Rain (Chronos) questions anthropocentrism and suggests that humans must learn to communicate through non-human and more effective languages and perspectives. Translated by Mireia Vargas-Urpí, the book features illustrations of animals by the author himself.