{"product_id":"taipei-story","title":"Taipei Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE ELECTRIFYING NEW NOVEL FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003cem\u003eYELLOWFACE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst love. Second language. Final goodbyes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYale student \u003cstrong\u003eLily Chen\u003c\/strong\u003e arrives in Taipei hungry: for family, for culture, for connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut her summer of discovery quickly unravels. Her classes are gruelling, her roommate unbearable, and a reckless, deeply awkward trip to the hot springs with a guy she barely knows soon ignites vicious gossip.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen her grandfather dies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrieving and adrift, Lily must confront her own questions about the culture she inherited but never fully understood. She embarks on a wryly funny, often devastating search for understanding: of herself, her family, and the meaning of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll over one unforgettable summer in Taipei.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePraise\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“There is a wildness and freedom to her work that is extraordinary.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eTIME\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor fans of Coco Mellors, Sally Rooney and Patricia Lockwood.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRebecca F. Kuang\u003c\/strong\u003e is the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and #1 \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eKatabasis\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eYellowface\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBabel: An Arcane History\u003c\/em\u003e and the Poppy War trilogy. Her work has won the Nebula, Locus, Crawford, and British Book Awards. A Marshall Scholar, she has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford. She is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale, where she studies diaspora, contemporary Sinophone literature, and Asian American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCover illustration © Whooli Chen · Cover design by Megan Smith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Borough Press (HarperCollins)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52465026367704,"sku":"9780008842796","price":559.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/81ITqHU563L.jpg?v=1789477164","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/taipei-story","provider":"Readers Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}