Language and Loss Shape One Transformative Taiwanese Summer
Identity is the emotional engine here, with language, grief and family history shaping one Taiwanese summer. The coming-of-age appeal lies in watching inheritance become something questioned, carried and remade rather than simply accepted, giving the story quiet emotional reach and resonance.
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Language and Loss Shape One Transformative Taiwanese Summer
Identity is the emotional engine here, with language, grief and family history shaping one Taiwanese summer. The coming-of-age appeal lies in watching inheritance become something questioned, carried and remade rather than simply accepted, giving the story quiet emotional reach and resonance.
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The hugely exciting literary novel from bestselling phenomenon Rebecca F. Kuang: a moving coming-of-age story set in Taiwan, about identity, language, love and grief – for fans of Sally Rooney and Coco Mellors.
TAIPEI STORY is the hotly anticipated new novel by Rebecca F. Kuang, an intensely moving exploration of identity and language, love and grief.
When Yale student Lily arrives in Taipei for a summer’s study at the National Taiwan University, she’s looking forward to working on her Chinese language and finding her Chinese self. If only it was that simple. When her grandfather suddenly dies, Lily discovers a past so profoundly heartbreaking that she finds herself stuck, unable to move forward. But her grandfather’s story is not her own; none of it happened to her. How can Lily reconcile who she is, with where her family are from, when she is caught between their past and her present?
Ideal for readers who:
- Make room for literary coming-of-age fiction about Taiwan, language and inherited grief.
- Look to stories of students abroad discovering that identity is never simple.
- Are drawn to family history that belongs to an ancestor but still reshapes the present.
- Settle into emotionally precise fiction for fans of Sally Rooney and Coco Mellors.
- About The Author
- R.F Kuang is the author of The Poppy War Trilogy, Babel: An Arcane History, and Yellowface. Her work has won the Nebula, Locus, and British Book Awards. She is pursuing a PhD in East Asian Language and Literature at Yale.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780008702564
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Borough Press, (08 September 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 368
- Weight
- 270 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 153 x 21 mm
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