INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
“Hard to put down, harder to forget.” — Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author
White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn’t write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American—in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel from R.F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel.
Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena’s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks.
So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I.
So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn’t this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That’s what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree.
But June can’t get away from Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June’s (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
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.
© 2023 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780063250864
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 16 maj 2023
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
“Hard to put down, harder to forget.” — Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author
White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn’t write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American—in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel from R.F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel.
Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena’s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks.
So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I.
So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn’t this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That’s what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree.
But June can’t get away from Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June’s (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.
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.
© 2023 HarperAudio (Ljudbok): 9780063250864
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 16 maj 2023
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Sverre
27 juni 2023
The best description of what it's like to be a writer and to work in the publishing industry, coupled with a nuanced take on racial discrimination in the latter - MUST READ!!!
Lisa
11 sep. 2023
En bok man inte kan sluta lyssna på! Intressant med mycket humor.
Lioudmila
4 nov. 2023
Bra bok, bra, språk. Intressant och annorlunda story
Mimmin och Mamman
19 aug. 2023
Perfekt inläst. Väldigt intressant och mångbottnad protagonist. Intressant inblick i förlagsvärlden. Syrlig humor och känns väldigt samtida. Flyter på och går igenom alla stadier. Visar att inget är svart eller vitt utan alltsomoftast en gråzon.
EoL
13 aug. 2023
Bättre än övriga böcker av författaren. Inte lika predikande. Intressant granskning av bokbranschen i USA, rasism. SoMe och cancelculture
Agnes
15 nov. 2023
Tankeväckande och obehaglig.
Ellen
11 aug. 2023
At the end of the novel I am weirdly invested in the very flawed main character and I found her often very funny(in an insane way)…. Sjukt hur sociala medier påverkar och det hela kändes realistiskt på ett obehagligt sätt. Väldigt bra uppläsare också👍🍀
Woody
10 nov. 2023
This was an easy to access entertaining listen set in todays publishing industry woven with the narrative of reverse racism as told by the protagonist.Definitely recommend this to most.
Vanda
26 sep. 2023
Vet inte riktigt vad jag tycker om denna bok. Tog mig igenom den utan problem så den var lixom inte tråkig men skulle inte heller säga att den var bra
Anna
20 aug. 2023
Fantastiskt bra! Bland de bästa jag lyssnat till på länge. Rekommenderas starkt!
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