Taipei Story (Standard Edition)From R. F. Kuang, the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author of Katabasis and Yellowface, comes a wryly humorous and profoundly moving coming of age novel that grapples with grief, language, and culture shockall set against the backdrop of an unforgettable summer in Taipei. College freshman Lily Chen is off to spend the summer in Taipei at an intensive language program like so many Chinese American students before her, hoping to connect with

just an adorable smile

by the standards of both his time and our own

In the tradition of Wole Soyinka

But the company’s earlier success is endangered when an explosion at a nearby natural gas plant injures several workers

Noah Strycker set himself a lofty goal: to become the first person to see half the world’s birds in one year

or steeped in sorrow

So when she sees her equally closed off neighbour

she and her tennis partner made it to the finals in doubles

Boss I like that black branch

The book begins with the rise of anti-Semitism in central and western Europe in the 1800s and continues with an examination of European colonial imperialism from 1884 to the outbreak of World War I

“Siegel shows us how to successfully navigate situations that may arise at work

shockingly scant intelligence