4.1
Romans literatuur
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 (Luisterboek): 9780063250864
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 16 mei 2023
4.1
Romans literatuur
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 (Luisterboek): 9780063250864
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 16 mei 2023
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Victoria
21 dec 2023
UNHINGED! OMG what a way to finish my 2023 reading challenge. I finished this book in less than a day, it was just unputdownable.
Julia
28 sep 2023
Insane
Anne
11 nov 2023
This book had dislikeable characters and was really annoying and cringe sometimes but it also made me curious about what would happen next so I finished it. The story was really wel written and had good points.
Rosanne
29 feb 2024
Wow
R.
19 mrt 2024
I couldn't wait to finish this book. Because I hated it. The main character is too annoying, self absorbed, racist. And I know that's the point of the book, but that doesn't mean I enjoyed it.
Anne
15 mrt 2024
I did not really enjoy this book. basically an ugly story, not one nice person, and the main character is horrible. basically an ugly story, not one nice person, and the main character is even horrible.
Dilayra
12 jun 2023
Brilliant book The mc made my blood boil but that's what supposed to happen
Fem
1 jun 2023
This author is yet to disappoint, I doubt she ever will. What a great way of telling a story she has, and while so far, each book was totally different from the other. They equally intrigued me and always surprised me. She is one of my favourite authors and I believe for good reasons.
reading
10 aug 2023
I don't usually read this type of book, but I couldn't stop listening!
Heaven
22 mrt 2024
Sometimes too much of a good thing is just that.
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