Cliquer sur une vignette pour aller sur Google Books.
Chargement... Yellowface : a novel (original 2023; édition 2023)par R. F. Kuang
Information sur l'oeuvreYellowface par R. F. Kuang (2023)
Books Read in 2024 (50) Books Read in 2023 (143) » 5 plus Chargement...
Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I have always been interested in the publishing of a novel - the agents, the editors, the politics and those who make the final decision about the worthiness of a book. This novel explores all of that in depth and also the racism that may exist when a person of one culture writes about the culture of another. It also examines the influence of social media, usually anonymous, which many authors feel compelled to read, creating a rollercoaster of emotions. Caucasian June and Chinese American Athena are both graduates of Yale pursuing their dreams of being published. June's debut novel receives modest interest while Athena becomes the toast of the literary world. Athena has completed an unseen manuscript about Chinese laborers in America during WWII. When Athena dies unexpectedly, June takes her manuscript and makes it her own to huge critical acclaim and great financial gain. What follows leave her shaken that her secret has been discovered. While the idea of who owns a story is fascinating to me, and the book offered many ideas as well as a treatise on publishing and Twitter feeds, I found it dragged despite its good writing and fine character development. Moments went on too long as the protagonist pondered her enemies and tried to determine their identity. I felt impatient with her and with the details in that they were not serving the story and its pacing. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Prix et récompensesDistinctionsListes notables
After the death of her literary rival in a freak accident, author June Hayward steals her just-finished masterpiece, sending it to her agent as her own work, but as emerging evidence threatens her success, she discovers how far she'll go to keep what she thinks she deserves. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
Discussion en coursAucunCouvertures populaires
Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
Est-ce vous ?Devenez un(e) auteur LibraryThing. |
Just wow! ( )