On our bookshelves: An August FAR–NEAR Book Club Select: Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin. Set in the post-martial-law era of late-1980s Taipei, Notes of a Crocodile is a coming-of-age story of queer misfits discovering love, friendship, and artistic affinity while hardly studying at Taiwan’s most prestigious university. Told through the eyes of an anonymous lesbian narrator nicknamed Lazi, this cult classic is a postmodern pastiche of diaries, vignettes, mash notes, aphorisms, exegesis, and satire by an incisive prose stylist and major countercultural figure. Book Club members will also receive our new envelope designed by @raihethrawla and hand embroidered in India. These are available on our shop to order separately as you so please! 📖🖤 #qiumiajin #lgbtq #lgbtqlit #asianlit #taiwan #bookclub