![]() ![]() ![]() “Interior Chinatown ” represents yet another stellar destination in the journey of a sui generis author of seemingly limitless skill and ambition.”- New York Times Book ReviewĬharles Yu is the author of three books, including the novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, which was a New York Times Notable Book and named on the best books of the year by Time magazine. Wu has worked his way from “Background Oriental Male” to “Dead Asian Man” to “Generic Asian Man Number Three/Delivery Guy” - a long way from “Kung Fu Guy,” which is where he wants to be…Yu’s novel may seem topical. “Interior Chinatown” posits that we are reading a teleplay about Chinatown - specifically the Golden Palace restaurant, which is the setting for a cop show called “Black and White.” Through his protagonist, Willis Wu - who has a small part on the show - Yu explores in devastating (and darkly hilarious) fashion Hollywood’s penchant for promoting clichés about Asians and Asian-Americans. Winner of the 2020 National Book Award in Fiction ![]()
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