Rebecca F. Kuang returns!
About this episode
Rebecca F. Kuang discusses her personal novel set in Taipei, exploring themes of language, grief, and family.
In her most personal novel yet, Rebecca F. Kuang transports readers to Taipei, where Yale student Lily is working on her Chinese language to better connect with her Chinese family, only for loss to appear suddenly and change her perspective. In a fascinating discussion we spoke with Rebecca about linguistic relativity, getting grief wrong and falling foul of flat listings with clever camera angles.
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