Yellowface
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Yellowface
14.99 €
Writers June Hayward and Athena Liu were both supposed to be rising stars at the same time. But Athena is a literary sensation, and June's novel doesn't sell. After all, no one in the modern world seems to be interested in stories about ordinary white girls.
So when June witnesses Athena's death in an accident, she acts impulsively: she steals a colleague's unfinished novel about the unknown exploits of Chinese workers on the fronts of the First World War. So what if June edits Athena's draft and sends it to the litagent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher publish it under the pseudonym Juniper Song and put an ethnically ambiguous photo of the author on the cover? When a story deserves to be told, it doesn't matter at all who the narrator is, does it? At least that's what June herself thinks, and the New York Times bestseller list confirms it. But the girl can't step out of Athena's shadow, and emerging evidence and negative reactions from social justice advocates threaten to undo her. And now June will have to find out how far she's willing to go to keep her secret and not lose everything she rightfully deserves.
So when June witnesses Athena's death in an accident, she acts impulsively: she steals a colleague's unfinished novel about the unknown exploits of Chinese workers on the fronts of the First World War. So what if June edits Athena's draft and sends it to the litagent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher publish it under the pseudonym Juniper Song and put an ethnically ambiguous photo of the author on the cover? When a story deserves to be told, it doesn't matter at all who the narrator is, does it? At least that's what June herself thinks, and the New York Times bestseller list confirms it. But the girl can't step out of Athena's shadow, and emerging evidence and negative reactions from social justice advocates threaten to undo her. And now June will have to find out how far she's willing to go to keep her secret and not lose everything she rightfully deserves.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Fanzon. Rebecca Quang