SEARCHING FOR THE SOUL OF A COUNTRY IN ITS FOOD
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✍️ Yáng Shuāng-zǐ's Taiwan Travelogue is a novel that explores the complexities of colonialism and its impact on the culinary landscape of Taiwan, as a Japanese novelist spends a year in the country and tries to understand its people and culture.
👉 The novel explores the complexities of colonialism and its impact on the culinary landscape of Taiwan. 👉 The character of Chizuko is a Japanese novelist who spends a year in Taiwan and tries to understand its people and culture. 👉 The book examines the tension between the colonizer and the colonized, and the ways in which food can be a powerful symbol of cultural identity. 👉 The novel is a nuanced exploration of the complexities of colonialism, and the ways in which it can be both oppressive and transformative.
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