{"product_id":"the-age-of-goodbyes","title":"The Age of Goodbyes","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby Li Zi Shu, translated by YZ Chin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy one of Southeast Asia’s most exciting writers, The Age of Goodbyes is a wildly inventive account of family history, political turmoil, and the redemptive grace of storytelling.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1969, in the wake of Malaysia's deadliest race riots, a woman named Du Li An secures her place in society by marrying a gangster. In a parallel narrative, a critic known only as The Fourth Person explores the work of a writer also named Du Li An. And a third storyline is in the second person; “you” are reading a novel titled The Age of Goodbyes. Floundering in the wake of “your” mother’s death, “you” are trying to unpack the secrets surrounding “your” lineage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Age of Goodbyes—which begins on page 513, a reference to the riots of May 13, 1969—is the acclaimed debut by Li Zi Shu. The winner of multiple awards and a Taiwanese bestseller, this dazzling novel is a profound exploration of what happens to personal memory when official accounts of history distort and render it taboo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLi Zi Shu is the author of more than a dozen books, including the novels \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorldly Land\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eAge of Goodbyes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which won the China Times Open Book Award. Her work has been recognized with multiple literary prizes in Malaysia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, including several Huazhong Literary Awards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYZ Chin is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eEdge\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eCase\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThough I Get Home\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, winner of the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, Guernica, Gulf Coast, Electric Literature, and elsewhere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"飛地·紐西蘭 Nowhere Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48898435711211,"sku":null,"price":33.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/0746\/4939\/files\/Screenshot2026-06-19at4.25.37PM.png?v=1781843148","url":"https:\/\/nowherebookstorenz.myshopify.com\/zh\/products\/the-age-of-goodbyes","provider":"飛地·紐西蘭 Nowhere Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}