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 (Lydbog): 9780063250864
Release date
Lydbog: 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 (Lydbog): 9780063250864
Release date
Lydbog: 16. maj 2023
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Cecilie
1. jun. 2023
Meget anderledes fra de andre bøger jeg har læst af Kuang, men absolut lige så god. Giver et smerteligt indblik i hvordan frustration og desperation kan ødelægge venskaber, liv og karrierer. Vær forberedt på at alle karakterne er unlikeable på den bedst tænkelig måde.
Mia
5. jun. 2023
Great plot
Morten
5. jul. 2023
Fremragende lille roman
M
18. jun. 2023
Virkelig god historie. Usympatisk hovedperson som man alligevel ikke bliver træt af at følge.Forfatteren kan noget med at skildre racisme og denne bog er et godt spejl at kigge i så man kan gøre noget ved det.
Lasse
20. maj 2023
Looove!
Susann
11. apr. 2024
Spændende bog, som blev lidt meta til sidst!Lyttede til den på engelsk og oplæseren tilføjede en passende passive-aggressive aura til June.
Louise
5. feb. 2024
Jeg blev fanget fra første kapitel og hørte bogen færdig i løbet af ingen tid. Fortælleren er dybt forfærdelig og usympatisk, men historien så spændende og chokerende, at man er nødt til at vide mere. Varm anbefaling. God oplæser også!
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