Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuangzi and translated by Lin King won the International Booker Prize.
Set in Japanese-occupied Taiwan during the 1930s, the novel combines historical fiction and romance while exploring themes of colonialism, identity and cultural interaction. It became the first novel originally written in Mandarin Chinese to receive the International Booker Prize for translated fiction.
APSC Relevance: International literature, translation studies and cultural history.
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