'Yellowface' author RF Kuang’s five favourite hangouts in Taipei《黄脸》作者邝瑞峰在台北最爱的五个地方
'Taipei Story' is RF Kuang's seventh novel and her second work of literary fiction after her 2023 publishing-world satire 'Yellowface'
Taipei 101, a famous 101-floor skyscraper in the Xinyi District of Taipei. Kuang’s latest novel, set in Taipei, was born out of entries from the writer’s diary during a stint she spent exploring the city in 2023. Photo: The New York Times/An Rong Xu
When American novelist RF Kuang spent two months in 2023 in Taipei, Taiwan, for an intensive Mandarin course, she found herself inadvertently sketching the outlines of a new novel.
Her grandfather had recently died, and she was keeping a diary.
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台北101大楼，位于台北市信义区，是一座著名的101层摩天大楼。邝氏的最新小说以台北为背景，其灵感源自她2023年在台北游历期间的日记。图片：纽约时报/徐安荣
2023 年，美国小说家邝瑞峰在台湾台北参加了为期两个月的强化汉语课程，期间她无意中勾勒出了一部新小说的轮廓。
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