Taiwan Travelogue coffee table book in a distant seaside town

in a distant seaside town

and camouflage

When he stumbles across a clue that may lead to the elusive poem’s discovery

At its heart is Mitrokhin’s determination to take on the most powerful institution in the world by revealing its darkest secrets

of this generation" (Wall Street Journal)

Taiwan Travelogue coffee table book in a distant seaside townWINNER OF THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE A bittersweet story of love between two women, nested in an artful exploration of language, history, and power May 1938. The young novelist Aoyama Chizuko has sailed from her home in Nagasaki, Japan, and arrived in Taiwan. Shes been invited there by the Japanese government ruling the island, though she has no interest in their official