{"product_id":"r-f-kuang-yellowface","title":"Yellowface (International Edition) by R.F. Kuang","description":"\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYellowface\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eJune Hayward is a struggling writer going nowhere—unpublished, overlooked, watching from the margins as her former Yale classmate Athena Liu becomes a publishing darling. Then, in a moment that changes everything, Athena chokes to death on a pancake. And June, alone with the body, walks out with Athena's unpublished manuscript.\u003cspan class=\"citation-nbsp\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-state=\"closed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"citation inline\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotesai.com\/books\/c855fb45-33ed-4891-b81c-30ba3ee51f29\" class=\"inline\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eWhat follows is a calculated theft of opportunity. June publishes \u003cem\u003eThe Last Front\u003c\/em\u003e—Athena's brilliant novel about the unsung Chinese labourers of World War I—under the pseudonym \"Juniper Song,\" complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo. It works. The book becomes a bestseller. June gets the Netflix deal, the critical praise, the life she's always believed she deserved. But the internet never forgets, and soon anonymous accusations surface: plagiarism, cultural appropriation, a white woman in yellowface.\u003cspan class=\"citation-nbsp\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-state=\"closed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"citation inline\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yellowface_(novel)\" class=\"inline\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"my-2 [\u0026amp;+p]:mt-4 [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:inline-block [\u0026amp;_strong:has(+br)]:pb-2\"\u003eWhat begins as a thrilling con descends into paranoia and psychological warfare as June races to protect her secret, encountering everything from Twitter's brutal court of public opinion to the real ghosts of her own complicity—and the very real person determined to expose her. Kuang's debut literary novel is a razor-sharp, darkly funny dissection of race, diversity, and ambition in modern publishing, wrapped in a tense, propulsive thriller. At 336 pages, \u003cem\u003eYellowface\u003c\/em\u003e asks uncomfortable questions about who gets to tell which stories, and how far we'll go to keep what we think we deserve.\u003cspan class=\"citation-nbsp\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-state=\"closed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"citation inline\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thebookseller.com\/author-interviews\/rebecca-kuang-in-conversation-about-her-first-literary-novel-taking-aim-at-the-publishing-industry\" class=\"inline\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Literary Cat Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52790136340744,"sku":"9780008532819","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/7688\/0392\/files\/9780008532819.jpg?v=1762967760","url":"https:\/\/literarycatbooks.myshopify.com\/products\/r-f-kuang-yellowface","provider":"Literary Cat Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}