{"product_id":"taiwan-travelogue","title":"Taiwan Travelogue","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinner of the National Book Award for Translated Literature and the International Booker Prize, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eTaiwan Travelogue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a historical novel that explores food, memory, and colonialism through the story of a Japanese writer traveling across Taiwan in 1938. Invited by the colonial government to document the island, she instead becomes absorbed in its everyday life, and especially its cuisine, with the help of a young Taiwanese interpreter whose knowledge and companionship gradually transform the journey. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach chapter takes its name from a Taiwanese dish, as meals, markets, and regional specialties become a way of exploring the island’s history and the unequal relationship between colonizer and colonized. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePresented as the translation of a long-forgotten Japanese memoir complete with fictional forewords, footnotes, and editorial commentary, the novel cleverly blurs the boundaries between history and invention while offering a richly imagined portrait of Taiwan’s culinary culture. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MAC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41777977983109,"sku":"Yáng Shuāng-zǐ","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/5046\/0549\/files\/Shuang-ZiTaiwanCover.jpg?v=1786646373","url":"https:\/\/www.kitchenartsandletters.com\/products\/taiwan-travelogue","provider":"Kitchen Arts \u0026 Letters","version":"1.0","type":"link"}