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The Stolen Bicycle

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A writer embarks on an epic quest in search of his missing father’s stolen bicycle and soon finds himself caught up in the strangely intertwined stories of Lin Wang, the oldest elephant who ever lived, the soldiers who fought in the jungles of South-East Asia during the Second World War and the secret worlds of the butterfly handicraft makers and antique bicycle fanatics of Taiwan.

 

The Stolen Bicycle is both a majestic historical novel and a profound, startlingly intimate meditation on memory, family and home.

 

  • Longlisted, The Man Booker International Prize, 2018
  • Winner, Taiwan Literary Award, Taiwan, 2015
  • Winner, China Times Open Book Award (Six-time winner, including 2015), Taiwan
  • Winner, Eslite Bookseller Award for Author of The Year, Taiwan, 2015
  • Commended, Publishers Weekly International Hot Book Properties, 2015

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A writer embarks on an epic quest in search of his missing father’s stolen bicycle and soon finds himself caught up in the strangely intertwined stories of Lin Wang, the oldest elephant who ever lived, the soldiers who fought in the jungles of South-East Asia during the Second World War and the secret worlds of the butterfly handicraft makers and antique bicycle fanatics of Taiwan.

 

The Stolen Bicycle is both a majestic historical novel and a profound, startlingly intimate meditation on memory, family and home.

 

  • Longlisted, The Man Booker International Prize, 2018
  • Winner, Taiwan Literary Award, Taiwan, 2015
  • Winner, China Times Open Book Award (Six-time winner, including 2015), Taiwan
  • Winner, Eslite Bookseller Award for Author of The Year, Taiwan, 2015
  • Commended, Publishers Weekly International Hot Book Properties, 2015

 

Publisher: Text Publishing

Paperback

2019

ISBN: 9781911231240

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