The hottest books to read this summer witf.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from witf.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
"In creating a white protagonist who has stolen a book set in China that was originally penned by an Asian American author, Kuang is able to unpick how white authors can wrongly assume diversity is ‘taking’ something from them, and how Asian writers in particular can be targeted by pernicious racism disguised as ‘concern’."
The wildly entertaining novel works on multiple levels. It is at once an exploration of guilt, a celebration of writing, a look at cultural appropriation, diversity, and racism in publishing, a sharp deconstruction of social media’s impact on the writing world and a bizarre ghost story.