Bibliograph

Yellowface, a novel, R. F. Kuang

Type

Label

Yellowface, a novel, R. F. Kuang

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Yellowface

Oclc number

1341438278

Responsibility statement

R. F. Kuang

Sub title

a novel

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Yellow face

Classification