Copies of the novel Taiwan Travelogue, which received the International Booker Prize this year, are seen at a bookstore in Taipei on May 21, 2026. I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images
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TAIPEI, Taiwan — The novel, Taiwan Travelogue, which explores a journey across the island of Taiwan when it was occupied by Japan has stirred up questions about the island’s identity and Taiwan’s relationships with both its former colonizer Japan, and
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