by September 20th 2022 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Genre: friendship fiction, literary fiction
Fabienne is dead. Her childhood best friend, Agnès, receives the news in America, far from the French countryside where the two girls were raised—the place that Fabienne helped Agnès escape ten years ago. Now Agnès is free to tell her story.
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The Book of Goose is a haunting story of friendship, art, exploitation, and memory by the celebrated author Yiyun Li.
See my full review on Goodreads.
Yellowface
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"the practice of white actors changing their appearance with makeup in order to play East Asian characters in movies, plays, etc." from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
This title seems to fit the novel, as a non-Chinese, June Hayward, steals an unpublished manuscript from her famous Chinese-American author friend, Althea Lui, passing it off as completely her own.
As Althea has died, June profits from the manuscript's publication, gaining fame and wealth, while she also pretends to be of Chinese origin, taking advantage of the publishing world's current interest in diversity in authors and books they publish.
My complete review of the book is here
Four Treasures of the Sky by
I have finished reading the second of the three books, and am currently reading the first, The Book of Goose. Do you have a favorite Chinese author that is not popularly known?
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There's only one copy of The Book of Goose in my library system for our entire county (!) and I'm waiting and waiting for it to finally come in for me. The author will be in Houston on January 23, so I hope I get a chance to read it before then.
ReplyDeleteLi will be coming with another Asian-American author, Matthew Salesses. Salesses is the author of The Sense of Wonder.
I have never heard of Salesses, but will look him up. How lucky that you will get to hear Li and Salesses both! Good luck with finding a copy of The Book of Goose.
DeleteWow, haunting sounds like a good description of The Book of Goose!
ReplyDeleteCan;t wait to get into the book.
DeleteFour Treasures of the Sky looks really interesting. I'll have to check it out. Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a great weekend. - Katie
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to reading it too. Thanks for the visit.
DeleteThe titles of these books are so lyrical. I haven't read any of these, but they sound wonderful. I am adding them to my reading lists, especially the Book of Goose. Thanks for visiting my blog also.
ReplyDeleteI just borrowed the ebook of Book of Goose for faster reading.
DeleteThese all look good. I'll be looking forward to your reviews!
ReplyDeleteI already reviewed Yellowface on goodreads.
DeleteI like the sound of the first one. I'm looking for authors to try as I discover more Chinese and Japanese literature.
ReplyDeleteYiyun Li is well known. I hope you will like the book.
DeleteOo The Book of Goose sounds wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to reading it next.
DeleteOur book group that focuses on books about race in America is working to expand from our traditional black and white viewpoints. These look like good starting points for us.
ReplyDeleteThese would be great for a book club
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While all of these books are new to me, some do sounds like interesting reads. I hope you finds some great books this year.
ReplyDeleteI hope so too. Thanks to the library, social media and NetGalley!
DeleteI haven't heard of any of these books, but they do sound interesting. You always find intriguing books. Hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThanks to my library which has up to date books on show, I manage to find good ones!
DeleteI have all of R.F. Kuang's books on my TBR! Looks like I need to get to some of them this year. The Book of the Goose looks really good too.
ReplyDeleteI don't normally read fantasy but since Kuang is such a good writer with a fantastic imagination, I might just try her series.
DeleteI already had Yellowface on my list and have added the other two - they sound SO good. I'm eager to broaden my author choices this year and these look like a good start. Thanks for stopping by.
ReplyDeleteTerrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
I'm concentrating on Asian authors the first part of this year, also being more inclusive in what I read.
DeleteThese look good, especially Four Treasures of the Sky. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to reading that one too.
DeleteI'm planning to read The Book of Goose this year. I've seen it on a lot of year-end lists.
ReplyDeleteJust started it and I'm interested.
DeleteGlad I found them.
ReplyDeleteThe Book of the Goose sounds good and I've seen Four Treasures of the Sky around. Hope you enjoy them! Thanks for the follow on Instagram! I followed back. :)
ReplyDeleteEnjoying Book of Goose right now.
DeleteI don't know any of these books but I hope you enjoy them!
ReplyDeleteAnne - Books of My Heart
Thanks. I love finding new books to read.
DeleteAll of these are new to me, but I hope you enjoy reading them!
ReplyDeleteMajanka @ I Heart Reading
Thanks for visiting.
DeleteYellowface is incredible! I had an ARC and it's been one of my best reads of 2022.
ReplyDeleteI konw what you mean!
DeleteAll intriguing covers. I hope you enjoy them!
ReplyDeleteMary @Bookfan
Thanks for the visit, Mary
DeleteI was curious about Yellowface because my guess is Kuang wrote it before Babel, and her success with that means whatever else she has written is now hot property and so this was picked up. It certainly sounds interesting. The last book I read by an Asian American author was Counterfeit by Kirsten Chen but I can recommend two Asian Australian authors - Tracey Lien and Alice Pung.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a great reading week
I think Babel is fantasy and sci fi, and this is a totally different genre. A bit of satire and a look at contemporary publishing. Kuang seems to know a bit about the world of publishing, this book shows
DeleteI want to read Yellowface! It has such a refreshing and intriguing premise and I'm sure it's a book fit for discussions.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is.
DeleteI haven't read any of these but they sound interesting. And I love the cover of Four Treasures of The Sky.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to reading it.
DeleteI have not read any of these, happy reading!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the visit.
DeleteInteresting choices with Chinese emphasis. I hope you enjoy them all!
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DeleteI'm seeing more and more Chinese authors and am getting to know their work. Some are literary fiction, others are rom coms, etc.
DeleteThe cover of Yellowface is eye catching, but has so many unsavory connotations.
ReplyDeleteYes, and the book delves into these.
DeleteInteresting! I don't know any Chinese-American authors but I do have a friend who is Japanese-American and she writes in a few different genres. Here is her website - Naomi Hirahara
ReplyDeletehttps://www.naomihirahara.com/books/
Also, my first review of the year is up. Happy reading!
http://www.lyndonperrywriter.com/2023/01/first-review-of-year-mystery.html
I'm finding some really good Chinese authors in different genres: fantasy, sci fi, literary fiction, romances, contemporary fiction, historical fiction. Worth looking into. I have also read Hirahara's books.
DeleteVery cool.
DeleteThe Book of Goose looks very good. I will add it to my list. One Chinese-Canadian is Linda Rui Feng whose debut novel Swimming Back to Trout River is one I liked.
ReplyDeleteWill look up Linda Rui Feng. I've seen her book around.
DeleteMy favorite Chinese author is Cixin Liu, amazing author of scifi, but I'm afraid he's well-known - at least in China, he's the most popular author of scifi there I believe.
ReplyDeleteI'm actually currently reading another popular Chinese author, Qiu Xiaolong (though he writes in English). The first volume in the series is Death of a Red Herone. really liking it so far.
I like Xiaolong's mystery books.
DeleteYellow Face reminds me of all the authors claiming to be Indigenous.
ReplyDeleteI read a lot of Children's fiction, so I would have to say my favourite author is Grace Lin. I've read other Chinese authors, but her work resonates most for me.
Must look up Grace Lin, as am not familiar with her work.
DeleteThey both look good, and I really want to try that second one
ReplyDeleteYou must! You won't regret reading it.
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