Title: Yellowface
Author: R.F. Kuang
Published: May 16, 2023 by William Morrow
Format: Hardcover, 336 Pages
Genre: Fiction
First Sentence: The night I watch Athena Liu die, we’re celebrating her TV deal with Netflix
Blurb: Athena Liu is a literary darling and June Hayward is literally nobody.
White lies... When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Juniper Song.
Dark humour... But as evidence threatens June’s stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
Deadly consequences... What happens next is entirely everyone else’s fault.
With its totally immersive first-person voice, Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R.F. Kuang’s novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable. (GoodReads)
My Opinion: So many layers. So many emotions. Makes the reader reevaluate publishing, reviews, and the soul-wrenching waves an author goes through.
An intense and thought-provoking novel that rips open the complexities of racial diversity in the publishing industry. With layers of snark, passion, and bitter ridicule, Kuang weaves a narrative that explores the impact of faceless social media and the costs authors must pay to be seen and heard.
Blurb: Athena Liu is a literary darling and June Hayward is literally nobody.
White lies... When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Juniper Song.
Dark humour... But as evidence threatens June’s stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
Deadly consequences... What happens next is entirely everyone else’s fault.
With its totally immersive first-person voice, Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R.F. Kuang’s novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable. (GoodReads)
My Opinion: So many layers. So many emotions. Makes the reader reevaluate publishing, reviews, and the soul-wrenching waves an author goes through.
An intense and thought-provoking novel that rips open the complexities of racial diversity in the publishing industry. With layers of snark, passion, and bitter ridicule, Kuang weaves a narrative that explores the impact of faceless social media and the costs authors must pay to be seen and heard.
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