Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu
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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD "One of the funniest books of the year has arrived, a delicious, ambitious Hollywood satire." --The Washington Post "Fresh and beautiful . . . Interior Chinatown represents yet another stellar destination in the journey of a sui generis author of seemingly limitless skill and ambition." --Jeff VanderMeer, The New York Times Book Review From the infinitely inventive author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe comes a deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play. Willis Wu doesn't perceive himself as a protagonist even in his own life: He's merely Generic Asian man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but he is always relegated to a prop. Yet every day he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He's a bit player here, too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy--the most respected role that anyone who looks like him can attain. At least that's what he has been told, time and time again. Except by one person, his mother. Who says to him: Be more. Playful but heartfelt, a send-up of Hollywood tropes and Asian stereotypes, Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu's most moving, daring, and masterly novel yet.Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Charles YuPublisher: Pantheon BooksPublished: 01/28/2020ISBN: 9780307907196Pages: 288Weight: 1.05lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.70w x 1.10dReview Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 08/01/2019 pg. 56Booklist 11/01/2019 pg. 18Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2019Shelf Awareness 01/28/2020
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Book Title
Interior Chinatown
ISBN
9780307907196
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD "One of the funniest books of the year has arrived, a delicious, ambitious Hollywood satire." --The Washington Post "Fresh and beautiful . . . Interior Chinatown represents yet another stellar destination in the journey of a sui generis author of seemingly limitless skill and ambition." --Jeff VanderMeer, The New York Times Book Review From the infinitely inventive author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe comes a deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play.
Willis Wu doesn't perceive himself as a protagonist even in his own life: He's merely Generic Asian man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but he is always relegated to a prop. Yet every day he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He's a bit player here, too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy--the most respected role that anyone who looks like him can attain. At least that's what he has been told, time and time again. Except by one person, his mother. Who says to him: Be more.
Playful but heartfelt, a send-up of Hollywood tropes and Asian stereotypes, Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu's most moving, daring, and masterly novel yet.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Charles Yu
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 01/28/2020
ISBN: 9780307907196
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.70w x 1.10d
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 08/01/2019 pg. 56
Booklist 11/01/2019 pg. 18
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2019
Shelf Awareness 01/28/2020
Willis Wu doesn't perceive himself as a protagonist even in his own life: He's merely Generic Asian man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but he is always relegated to a prop. Yet every day he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He's a bit player here, too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy--the most respected role that anyone who looks like him can attain. At least that's what he has been told, time and time again. Except by one person, his mother. Who says to him: Be more.
Playful but heartfelt, a send-up of Hollywood tropes and Asian stereotypes, Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu's most moving, daring, and masterly novel yet.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Charles Yu
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 01/28/2020
ISBN: 9780307907196
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.70w x 1.10d
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 08/01/2019 pg. 56
Booklist 11/01/2019 pg. 18
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2019
Shelf Awareness 01/28/2020
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD "One of the funniest books of the year has arrived, a delicious, ambitious Hollywood satire." --The Washington Post "Fresh and beautiful . . . Interior Chinatown represents yet another stellar destination in the journey of a sui generis author of seemingly limitless skill and ambition." --Jeff VanderMeer, The New York Times Book Review From the infinitely inventive author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe comes a deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play.
Willis Wu doesn't perceive himself as a protagonist even in his own life: He's merely Generic Asian man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but he is always relegated to a prop. Yet every day he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He's a bit player here, too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy--the most respected role that anyone who looks like him can attain. At least that's what he has been told, time and time again. Except by one person, his mother. Who says to him: Be more.
Playful but heartfelt, a send-up of Hollywood tropes and Asian stereotypes, Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu's most moving, daring, and masterly novel yet.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Charles Yu
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 01/28/2020
ISBN: 9780307907196
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.70w x 1.10d
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 08/01/2019 pg. 56
Booklist 11/01/2019 pg. 18
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2019
Shelf Awareness 01/28/2020
Willis Wu doesn't perceive himself as a protagonist even in his own life: He's merely Generic Asian man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but he is always relegated to a prop. Yet every day he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He's a bit player here, too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy--the most respected role that anyone who looks like him can attain. At least that's what he has been told, time and time again. Except by one person, his mother. Who says to him: Be more.
Playful but heartfelt, a send-up of Hollywood tropes and Asian stereotypes, Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu's most moving, daring, and masterly novel yet.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Charles Yu
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 01/28/2020
ISBN: 9780307907196
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.70w x 1.10d
Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 08/01/2019 pg. 56
Booklist 11/01/2019 pg. 18
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2019
Shelf Awareness 01/28/2020
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