Charles Yu (1) (1976–)
Auteur van How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
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Algemene kennis
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- You Chao-Kai/游朝凱
- Geboortedatum
- 1976
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Opleiding
- University of California, Berkeley
Columbia University Law School - Beroepen
- writer
lawyer
story editor - Relaties
- Yu, Kelvin (brother)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" (2007)
- Agent
- Heidt, Gary
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Besprekingen
Lijsten
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To Read (1)
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- Ook door
- 26
- Leden
- 4,262
- Populariteit
- #5,894
- Waardering
- 3.6
- Besprekingen
- 255
- ISBNs
- 55
- Talen
- 8
- Favoriet
- 3
Which gets to how this novel is not just about how America treats and has historically treated Asian-Americans, it's about how Asian-Americans navigate and behave in this reality. How people perform the role expected of them, to what degree they are forced into doing it ("No one will hire you because you don't have an accent. It's weird.") and to what degree they choose it themselves. The main character's marriage falls apart evidently because he can't let go of that role that's expected of him as an Asian-American, and later watching his daughter he reflects on the choice he's made and how he hopes she'll be different:
It's a powerful and inventive novel, well worth its win of the National Book Award.… (meer)