Yellowface : a novel
(Playaway)
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Playaway
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Playways
PLAYAWAY FICTION KUANG
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PLAYAWAY FICTION KUANG
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Playways | PLAYAWAY FICTION KUANG | In Library |
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Physical Desc
1 audio media player (8.75 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in
Language
English
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Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player
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One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening
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Previously released by HarperCollins
Participants/Performers
Read by Helen Laser
Description
What's the harm in a pseudonym? 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 the #1 New York Times bestselling author R. F. Kuang in the vein of White Ivy and The Other Black Girl. Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year in publishing. But Athenas a cross-genre literary darling, and June didn't even get a paperback release. Nobody wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athenas death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athenas just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers to the British and French war efforts during World War I. So what if June edits Athenas 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 cant get away from Athenas shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring Junes (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 takes on questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation not only in the publishing industry but the persistent erasure of Asian-American voices and history by Western white society. R. F. Kuangs novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable
Target Audience
Adult
System Details
Playaway; required earphones available at Circulation Desk
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kuang, R. F., & Laser, H. (2023). Yellowface: a novel . Playaway Products, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kuang, R. F and Helen, Laser. 2023. Yellowface: A Novel. Playaway Products, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kuang, R. F and Helen, Laser. Yellowface: A Novel Playaway Products, LLC, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kuang, R. F., and Helen Laser. Yellowface: A Novel Playaway Products, LLC, 2023.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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