Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, won the International Booker Prize on Tuesday, becoming the first novel originally written in Mandarin Chinese to receive the award. The £50,000 prize, split equally between author and translator, recognizes the metafictional romance and postcolonial novel set in 1938 Japanese-occupied Taiwan.
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Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, won the International Booker Prize on Tuesday, becoming the first novel originally written in Mandarin Chinese to receive the award. The £50,000 prize, split equally between author and translator, recognizes the metafictional romance and postcolonial novel set in 1938 Japanese-occupied Taiwan.