<img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6000×4000+0+0/resize/6000×4000!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdb%2Ff2%2F3953e01a458596de698d23ce8dab%2Fgettyimages-2276359064.jpg" alt="Taiwan Travelogue author Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, left, and translator Lin King are the first Taiwanese and Taiwanese-American winners of the International Booker Prize. They are pictured above in London on Monday.”>

The novel is the first work translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the award, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.

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