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World Service,6 mins

Forbidden love and a feast of Taiwanese food

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Taiwan Travelogue is a novel by Yang Shuang Zi and is translated by Lin King. It's one of the six books nominated for the 2026 International Booker Prize. A female writer from Japan slowly fall in love with her female guide as she explores Taiwan and its cuisine in the 1930s.

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