四維街一號
Happy Together: Five Women in a Japanese Traditional House
內容介紹
Yang, Shuang-Zi's Taiwan Wanderings is the winner of the National Book Awards' Translated Literature in 2024
Rights sold: Japanese, Korean
When four master's students, each with their own concerns, encounter a mysterious and enigmatic landlady, the story unfolds. These five contemporary Taiwanese women, each from different backgrounds and in their twenties or thirties, find themselves living together, supporting each other, and even sparking romantic feelings in a preserved Japanese-style house from the Showa era.
Taiwan was once a Japanese colony, and many places still retain these old houses from the Japanese era. Through the stories of five women from different backgrounds, this real-life old house seems to serve as a microcosm of Taiwan's history while also showcasing the daily lives of modern women. It is a novel that resonates deeply with its readers.
作者介紹
Yang, Shuang-Zi, born in 1984, the elder sister of twins. She is a novelist, a fan of girl’s love content, a history nerd, a foodie, a hot pot fanatic, an observer of animation and manga subculture and genre fiction, and a lover of Taiwanese folk culture. She is devoted to writing about Taichung and has published a prose collection (My Family Lives Next Door to Chang Ni-Hsing), novels such as Taiwan Wanderings, The Season of Blossoms, and the manga collaborative novel Fantastical Tales of the Flower.