(14 May 2024) Libraries across Taiwan have seen a surge in demand for a Japanese non-fiction book with the provocative title “Why doesn’t my husband just go die?” (老公怎麼還不去死).
As of Monday, 2,373 people had joined waitlists for the book, including 771 in Taipei, 80 in New Taipei, 160 in Taoyuan, 520 in Taichung, 559 in Taoyuan and 283 in Kaohsiung, municipal public library data shows.
The book, by former Economist journalist Miki Kobayashi, features profiles of multiple women in Japan describing their experiences with pregnancy, childcare and domestic duties, often borne at the expense of their own careers and with little help from their spouses.
Focus Taiwan has more details here.
