{"product_id":"taipei-story-trade-paperback","title":"Taipei Story (Trade Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRE-ORDER NOW! The estimated release date is 29 September 2026. Please note your complete order will only ship once the Pre-Order item becomes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTAIPEI STORY is the hotly anticipated new novel by Rebecca F. Kuang, an intensely moving\u003cbr\u003eexploration of identity and language, love and grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rebecca F. Kuang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164096872626,"sku":"9780008702564","price":396.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/TaipeiStory_2__1.jpg?v=1773220153","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/taipei-story-trade-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}