Yang Shuang-zi Taiwan Tavelogue review and information of the English transtalion of the novel 臺灣漫遊錄 by the Taiwanese writer. And Other Books will reissue the Yang Shuang-zi novel Taiwan Travelogue on March 5, 2026. Here you can read information about the content of the book, the author and the publication.
Yang Shuang-zi Taiwan Tavelogue reviews
- “Reading the book is like peeling an onion: the smell is at first undetectable; but with each layer you peel, the smell gets more intoxicating, pungent, intense, and at the very end, it brings tears to your eyes.” (Christina Ng)
- “Yang Shuang-zi’s Taiwan Travelogue, a National Book Award winner, is a nesting-doll narrative about colonial power in its many forms.” (Shahnaz Habib, New York Times Book Review)
Taiwan Tavelogue
- Author: Yáng Shuāng-zǐ (Taiwan)
- Book type: Taiwanese novel
- Original title: 臺灣漫遊錄 (2021)
- English translation: Lin King
- Publisher: And Other Stories
- Released: March 5, 2026
- Length: 320 pages
- Format: paperback / ebook
- Prize: £ 14.99
- Order book from: Amazon / Bol
Blurb of the novel by Yang Shuang-zi the Taiwanese writer
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.
Yáng Shuāng-zǐ / 杨双子 was born July 10, 1984 in Taichung, Taiwan. She is a writer of fiction, essays, manga and video game scripts, and literary criticism. Her works have been translated into Japanese and French.