The Stolen Bicycle

by Wu Ming-yi

2015 · literary fiction

Set in 2 places · 1 primary
Sense of Place
5/5
Description · Open Library (CC0)

On a quest to explain how and why his father mysteriously disappeared twenty years ago, a writer embarks on an epic journey in search of a stolen bicycle and soon finds himself immersed in the strangely overlapping histories of the Japanese military during World War II, Lin Wang, the oldest elephant who ever lived, and the secret world of antique bicycle collectors in Taiwan. The result is a surprising and moving meditation on memory, loss, and the bonds of family.

Set in

  • Taipei · Taiwan
    Century of Taipei, missing father
    ★ primary
  • Mandalay Region · Myanmar
    WWII Burma campaign flashbacks

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