Taiwan Travelogue: Winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize - Lin King Genre:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Nations aspiring to energy independence

Nations aspiring to energy independence are ever more intertwined: a hedge fund manager's attempt to revive rare earths mining in California needs Chinese expertise

the poet explores where he finds himself

not only because it's such a page turner but it is very very creepy' NetGalley reviewer 'Chilling and so creepy' NetGalley reviewer 'This book literally has it all: simply faultless' NetGalley reviewer

she exposes a culture of bias - and calls for urgent

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Taiwan Travelogue: Winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize - Lin King Genre:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Nations aspiring to energy independenceWinner of the 2026 International Booker PrizeWinner of the 2024 National Book Award for Translated LiteratureDisguised 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