Taipei Story
Format:Hardback
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Publishing:8th Sep '26
£22.00
This title is due to be published on 8th September, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
The profound and poignant new novel from the Sunday Times and New York Times #1 bestselling author of YELLOWFACE and KATABASIS
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.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?
Praise for YELLOWFACE:
‘Propulsive’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Razor-sharp’ TIME
‘Strikingly topical’ GUARDIAN
‘Scathing, spiky, and full of laugh-out-loud moments’ GLAMOUR
‘A clever, pacy tale’ SARA PASCOE
'A riot' PANDORA SYKES
‘Uncomfortable and addictive… a must-read’ INDEPENDENT
'I guarantee it will stay with you' AFUA HIRSCH
'Tense, modern… a brilliant exploration of the literary world' AISLING BEA
Praise for KATABASIS:
'Katabasis is a celebration of “the acrobatics of thought”. A tale of poets and storytellers, thinkers and theorists, art-makers and cultural sorcerers. This is a novel that believes in ideas – just not the cages we build for them' GUARDIAN
ISBN: 9780008702557
Dimensions: 240mm x 159mm x 21mm
Weight: 270g
368 pages