Kuang provides a sharp analysis of publishing’s blind spots and guides the plot toward a thrilling face-off between June and Athena’s “ghost.” This is not to be missed. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves. June grows increasingly anxious as she’s accused online by of stealing Athena’s work, then starts thinking she’s seeing Athena at readings and around town. By The Novel Neighbor 796 followers When and where Date and time Wed, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM CDT Location The Sun Theatre 3625 Grandel Square St. Kuang discussion about her newest title, Yellowface. Against objections from Candice Lee, a Korean American editorial assistant, the book goes to market, where it climbs up the bestseller list and attracts a vociferous backlash from the AAPI community, plus a scathing review from a prominent critic, who calls it a “white redemption” narrative. Kuang Yellowface Join us for an evening with New York Times Bestselling author, R.F. After June gets a six-figure deal for it, she excises slurs used against Chinese laborers and adds a love story between a white woman and a Chinese soldier. Titled The Last Front, it’s a historical novel about the role of Chinese laborers in WWI. Since then, while watching Athena’s meteoric rise, she came to find her old friend “unbearable.” In the commotion after Athena’s death, June, who is white, pilfers a manuscript from her desk. At the celebration is June Hayward, who met Athena when they were at Yale together, and whose own career has stalled after her publisher folded. Athena Liu, who is Chinese American, dies accidentally by choking at her Washington, D.C., apartment while celebrating a movie deal for one of her novels.
A struggling novelist passes off a manuscript left by her dead college friend in this excellent satire from Kuang ( Babel, or the Necessity of Violence).
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