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International Booker Prize Winner Lin King on “Taiwan Travelogue” | Cover to Cover
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Amber Wu posted on 2026/05/21Dive into the fascinating world of Taiwanese literature with translator Lin King as she discusses the International Booker Prize-winning novel "Taiwan Travelogue"! You'll explore themes of Japanese colonization, the role of food as a literary tool, and gain insights into the author's unique background, all while picking up some great vocabulary for discussing history and culture.
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US /pɚˈspɛktɪv/
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UK /pə'spektɪv/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
- Ability to understand what is important in life
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US /wɪrd/
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UK /wɪəd/
- Adjective
- Odd or unusual; surprising; strange
- Eerily strange or disturbing.
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US /sɔrt/
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- Transitive Verb
- To organize things by putting them into groups
- To deal with things in an organized way
- Noun
- Group or class of similar things or people
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US /ˈkɑnˌtɛkst/
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- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Set of facts surrounding a person or event
- The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.
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