Katabasis' R.F. Kuang for Taipei Story

Taipei Story is the new novel from phenomenon Rebecca F. Kuang, a moving coming-of-age story that explores first love, second language and final goodbyes during one unforgettable summer in Taipei.

Yale student Lily Chen arrives in Taipei hungry for family, culture and connection. But her summer of discovery quickly unravels. Her classes are gruelling, her roommate unbearable, and a reckless, deeply awkward trip to the hot springs with a guy she barely knows soon ignites vicious gossip.

Then her grandfather dies. Grieving 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.

We will have plenty of signed copies of Taipei Story and Rebecca's other books available at the event. The author is happy to give personalised dedications in one copy each person after the talk (ending at 8pm).

Rebecca F. Kuang is the #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Katabasis, Yellowface, Babel and the Poppy War trilogy. Her work has won the Nebula, Locus, Crawford, and British Book Awards. She is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale, where she studies diaspora, contemporary Sinophone literature and Asian American literature.