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DATE OF RELEASE: 8 SEPT 2026

The hugely exciting literary novel from bestselling phenomenon Rebecca F. Kuang: a moving coming-of-age story set in Taiwan, about identity, language, love and grief – for fans of Sally Rooney and Coco Mellors. TAIPEI STORY is the hotly anticipated new novel by Rebecca F. Kuang, an intensely moving exploration of identity and language, love and grief.

When Yale student Lily arrives in Taipei for a summer’s study at the National Taiwan University, she’s looking forward to working on her Chinese language and finding her Chinese self. If only it was that simple.

When her grandfather suddenly dies, Lily discovers a past so profoundly heartbreaking that she finds herself stuck, unable to move forward. But her grandfather’s story is not her own; none of it happened to her. How can Lily reconcile who she is, with where her family are from, when she is caught between their past and her present?

 

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Publication: 8 Sept 2026, Harper Collins 

ISBN: 9780008702557

Extent: 368 pages

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      Description

      DATE OF RELEASE: 8 SEPT 2026

      The hugely exciting literary novel from bestselling phenomenon Rebecca F. Kuang: a moving coming-of-age story set in Taiwan, about identity, language, love and grief – for fans of Sally Rooney and Coco Mellors. TAIPEI STORY is the hotly anticipated new novel by Rebecca F. Kuang, an intensely moving exploration of identity and language, love and grief.

      When Yale student Lily arrives in Taipei for a summer’s study at the National Taiwan University, she’s looking forward to working on her Chinese language and finding her Chinese self. If only it was that simple.

      When her grandfather suddenly dies, Lily discovers a past so profoundly heartbreaking that she finds herself stuck, unable to move forward. But her grandfather’s story is not her own; none of it happened to her. How can Lily reconcile who she is, with where her family are from, when she is caught between their past and her present?

       

      Hardback 
      Publication: 8 Sept 2026, Harper Collins 

      ISBN: 9780008702557

      Extent: 368 pages

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