Yellowface
(Pre-loaded Audio)
Author
Contributors
Published
Solon, Ohio : Playaway Products, LLC, [2023]
ISBN
9798822671690
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Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Flossmoor Public Library - Stacks | PLWY FIC KUA | On Shelf |
| Homewood Public Library District - Stacks | DIGITAL BOOK KUANG | On Shelf |
| La Grange Public Library - Stacks | PLAYAWAY KUANG, REBECCA | On Shelf |
| Park Forest Public Library - Adult New | DIGITAL BOOK FIC KUA | On Shelf |
| Tinley Park Public Library - 1st Floor | AUDIOBOOK FICTION KUANG, REBECCA F. | On Shelf |
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Format
Pre-loaded Audio
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (8.75 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Notes
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Title supplied by publisher.
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Release date supplied by publisher.
General Note
Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
General Note
One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
General Note
Previously released by HarperCollins.
Participants/Performers
Read by Helen Laser.
Description
What's the harm in a pseudonym? Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn't write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American--in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author R. F. Kuang in the vein of White Ivy and The Other Black Girl. Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year in publishing. But Athena's a cross-genre literary darling, and June didn't even get a paperback release. Nobody 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 to the British and French war efforts 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 cant 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. With its totally immersive first-person voice, Yellowface takes on questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation not only in the publishing industry but the persistent erasure of Asian-American voices and history by Western white society. R. F. Kuang's novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable.
Target Audience
Adult.
Local note
PLAYAWAY
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)
Kuang, R. F., & Laser, H. (2023). Yellowface. Playaway Products, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.) and Helen, Laser. 2023. Yellowface. Playaway Products, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.) and Helen, Laser. Yellowface. Playaway Products, LLC, 2023.
UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)Kuang, R. F. and Laser, H. (2023). Yellowface. Solon, Ohio: Playaway Products, LLC.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.), and Helen Laser. Yellowface. Playaway Products, LLC, 2023.
Note: Citations contain only title, author, edition, and publisher. Only UCL Harvard citations contain the year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of May 2025.
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