Parts of the bicycle -- One hundred years in Taipei -- Before time -- A history of the bicycles my family has lost -- A-pu's cave -- Bike notes I -- Kyoko's place -- Bike notes II -- Psyche -- Bike notes III -- Moon like a silver wheel -- Bike notes IV -- Bicycle thieves -- Bike notes V -- Forests of Northern Burma -- Bike notes VI -- Chokushi Boulevard -- Limbo -- Bike notes VII -- The tree -- Postscript: a time beyond mourning.
Summary:
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.
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