Taiwan Travelogue

ISBN: 9781916751651 Category:
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Format:Paperback
Genre:Fiction
No. of Pages:320
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Release Date: 05/03/2026

22 USD

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Synopsis

Shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize

Winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature

Winner of the 2024 Baifang Schell Book Prize for Outstanding Translated Literature from Chinese Language

Disguised as a translation of a rediscovered text by a Japanese writer, Taiwan Travelogue is a bittersweet story of love between two women, nested in an artful exploration of language, history and power. Set in May 1938, the young novelist Aoyama Chizuko sails from Japan to Taiwan where her interpreter helps her experience real island life and taste as much of its authentic cuisine as her famously monstrous appetite can bear.