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Tao Lin: Taipei

The author of "Shoplifting from American Apparel" on writing his latest novel, written in meticulously careful prose.

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By Michael Silverblatt • Aug 1, 2013 • 28m Listen

Tao Lin's Taipei (Vintage) is a novel about the dampened emotional life of the present, written in meticulously careful prose. Lin reads passages from Taipei and talks about writing in the twilight of direct experience or communication.

Read an excerpt from Taipei.

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