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Set against the backdrop of Japanese colonial rule in 1938, Japanese writer Aoyama Chizuko travels to Taiwan to give lectures while escaping marriage pressures back home. There she meets Ō Chizuru, a talented local interpreter who becomes her essential guide to understanding Taiwan. The two young women grow closer through shared experiences with food and culture, only to confront the unbridgeable gulf between them created by language, power, and identity. and a relationship that exposes the painful realities of colonial power dynamics. |
