Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year in publishing. But Athena’s 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 Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts impulsively: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece.
- Last updated: September 8, 2023
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So many of our most popular thrillers are narrated by quippy, condescending women, says author R.F. Kuang. What does that say about how the world views us?
'Yellowface' takes white privilege to a sinister level.
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In the follow-up to her bestseller, Babel, Kuang delivers a hugely entertaining account of a brazen literary heist.