00:00In a first, a Taiwanese novel has been shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
00:05The shortlist consists of six global fiction titles whittled down from 128 entries.
00:12The novel, Taiwan Travel Log, tells the story of a Japanese writer who travels to Taiwan in 1938.
00:19The book's English translation previously won the U.S. National Book Award for Translated Literature
00:25and the Golden Tripod Award in Taiwan.
00:28The prize will be announced on May 19th in London.
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