In1995,theyoungTaiwanesewomanwriterQiuMiaojincommittedsuicideinParis’sMontmartredistrict,leavingbehindtheautobiographicalnovelLASTWORDSINMONTMARTRE.Twodecadeslater,thenovelwaspublishedinEnglishbytheprestigiousNewYorkReviewBooks,bringingQiurenowninWesternliterarycirclesandquicklypromptingtranslationsintootherEuropeanlanguages...