Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi #literature They have houseboats along the

They have houseboats along the river

and family that tell even deeper stories about a place

If it’s Hurley Court

boat or horse)

If they - and we - are to survive

Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi #literature They have houseboats along theWinner of the 2024 National Book Award for Translated LiteratureWinner 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