{"product_id":"taipei-story-rebecca-f-kuang-9780008702564","title":"[PRE-ORDER] - Taipei Story (UK Paperback Edition) (Expected 14\/9\/2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaipei Story\u003c\/i\u003e is the electrifying new novel by bestselling literary phenomenon Rebecca F. Kuang, a profoundly moving coming-of-age story that explores first love, second language and final goodbyes – all set against the backdrop of one unforgettable summer in Taipei.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYale student Lily Chen arrives in Taipei hungry: for family, for culture, for connection.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut her summer of discovery quickly unravels. Her classes are grueling, 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\n\u003cp\u003eThen her grandfather dies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003e******************\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eRebecca F. Kuang (Author)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRebecca F. Kuang is a Marshall Scholar, Chinese-English translator, and the Astounding Award-winning and the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Award nominated author of the Poppy War trilogy and Babel. Her work has won the Crawford Award and the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Borough Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48741189943453,"sku":"9780008702564","price":99.95,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/TaipeiStory_9780008702564_FC_mphbooks.jpg?v=1787658399","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/taipei-story-rebecca-f-kuang-9780008702564","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}