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Book review: Yellowface is a brilliantly snarky critique of cultural appropriation and racism
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Yellowface By Rebecca Kuang.
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Yellowface
By Rebecca Kuang
Literary fiction/William Morrow/Paperback/336 pages/$34.02/Books Kinokuniya
5 stars
In a departure from her signature fantasy novels rich with Chinese history, American-Chinese author Rebecca Kuang – who also publishes as R.F. Kuang – pens this page-turning satire exposing the racism and cultural appropriation pervasive in publishing.
