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Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Taiwan Travelogue

Yáng Shuāng-zi (author), Lin King (translator)

Paperback Published on: 05/03/2026

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Love and tragedy walk hand in hand

Thank-you to the publishers for sending me a copy of this to read! This book took me by surprise. At first the style and made me pause, as the footnotes... READ MORE

Heather Clayton

An unflinching look into Taiwan’s history

There are some books that you know will hit you straight in the chest, but it’ll still surprise you when that inevitable happens. Taiwan Travelogue lulled ... READ MORE

Lucy at Leeds

This reviewer received a free of charge product for review.

An in-depth story about colonialism through the metaphor of food and a soul destroying love story between two women that absolutely broke my heart.

Catch me sobbing my eyes out on the bus home from work reading this. Poor woman beside me thought i was having a fit. This is absolutely heartbreaking a... READ MORE

Cate at London

Beautifully immersive

I completely fell in love with this book. It's set in the 1930s when a Japanese author travels to colonial-era Taiwan on a book tour. Accompanied by a nati... READ MORE

Faria at Blackburn

A translation within a translation within a translation served on a banquet table alongside the most stunningly described food.

A conversation of colonial prejudices, orientalism, and unearthing our own internal stereotypes, wrapped up in translation upon translation upon translati... READ MORE

Gabi

Synopsis

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 proffers tantalising glimpses of island life and helps her to taste as much of cuisine as her larger-than-life appetite can bear.

Publisher information

Publisher: And Other Stories
ISBN: 9781916751651
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
Languages: English

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Friendship between two different people

An enjoyable read. This is a translation of a fictional journal set in Taiwan 1938. Aoyama Chizuko, a Japanese author (a Mainlander of Japan) is on tou... READ MORE

Bao Bao

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Stunning Look Into Taiwan’s History And It’s Food

“… had arrows showered down on us instead of flowers, I would have shielded Chi-chan’s body with my own”An absolute joy of a novel. A testament to Taiwanes... READ MORE

Struan Young

Taiwan Travelogue

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