by Rebecca F. Kuang · The Borough Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780008600303
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«Yellowface» is the satirical novel by Rebecca F. Kuang, published by The Borough Press in paperback (336 pages, in English).
With black humour, the novel delves into the publishing world and cultural appropriation. When acclaimed Athena Liu dies in an accident, another failed writer steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under an ambiguous name. Success wobbles when evidence emerges that threatens the deception.
Published on 25 May 2023, it won the Goodreads Choice Award (Fiction, 2023) and the British Book Award (Fiction, 2024).
For book clubs and readers of contemporary fiction interested in social satire, identity and the literary world.
Rebecca F. Kuang is a Chinese-American writer of mostly fantasy novels, known for her 2022 novel Babel, or the Necessity of Violence, which was placed at the first spot on The New York Times Best Seller list and won the 2022 Nebula Award for Best Novel. She has also won or been shortlisted for many other awards.
