INTERVIEW/When 'Plum Rain' falls: A German novelist's love letter to Taiwan
07/01/2025 09:31 AM
"I would say 'Plum Rain' ('Pflaumenregen') is my love letter to Taiwan," said German novelist Stephan Thome, whose works have been shortlisted for the German Book Prize three times.
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