Taiwan Travelogue

Winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize
Winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Translated Literature

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 where her interpreter proffers tantalising glimpses of island life and helps her to taste as much of cuisine as her larger-than-life appetite can bear.

Author Bio

Yáng Shuāng-zǐ is a writer of fiction, essays, manga and video game scripts, and literary criticism. Her works have been translated into Japanese and French.

Lin King ’s writing and translations have appeared in Boston Review , Joyland , Asymptote , and Columbia Journal.