Taipei Story by Rebecca F Kuang review – the torture and hilarity of learning Chinese In her latest novel, Taipei Story, Rebecca F Kuang offers a searing critique of the cultural politics surrounding language learning.
By transporting her protagonist, Lily Chen, to Taiwan for a 10 week Mandarin course, Kuang masterfully exposes the complexities and contradictions inherent in this process.
The Mirage of Language Acquisition Language learning has long been touted as a path to self discovery, cultural immersion, and economic empowerment. But what lies beneath this façade?