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    Summary of Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
    Summary of Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
    Summary of Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
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    Summary of Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

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    June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars, but June steals Athena's novel and sends it to her agent as her own work. Emerging evidence threatens to bring June's success down around her, and she discovers how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves. R.F. Kuang's novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWillie M. Joseph
    Release dateMay 31, 2023
    ISBN9798223975151
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      Summary of Yellowface by R. F. Kuang - Willie M. Joseph

      One

      Athena Liu is a successful writer with a multibook deal and an MFA from a writing workshop. She has published three novels and has a history of awards nominations. However, she has almost no friends, and her Instagram photos feature no one else. She regularly tweets career updates and quirky jokes, but rarely @s other people. In recent years, the author has developed a theory that everyone else finds Athena as unbearable as they do, so they are alone at a loud, overpriced rooftop bar in Georgetown.

      The protagonist and Athena have been friends since childhood, living on the same floor at Yale and publishing short stories in the same literary magazines. After graduation, they moved to the same city and wrote their first novel, Over the Sycamore, which was picked up by a small press named Evermore. However, the author's literary agent sold the rights to one of the Big Five publishing houses for a twenty-thousand-dollar advance, a nice deal from Publishers Marketplace. Athena's debut novel, Voice and Echo, was a success, but it was a difficult launch. Her editor was fired, and she was passed over to a publisher who had little interest in supporting the novel.

      However, Athena's success was due to hard work, tenacity, and repeat attempts at the golden ticket. She has since published two more books, and the critical consensus is that she has gotten better and better. Athena Liu is a beautiful, Yale-educated, international, and ambiguously queer woman of color who has been chosen by the Powers That Be. She is tall and razor-thin, graceful in the way all former ballet dancers are, porcelain pale and possessed of massive, long-lashed brown eyes. The author and Athena have a skin-deep friendship, spending a lot of time together without really getting to know each other.

      The author is not sure why Athena likes her, but she always hugs her when she sees her. Athena is a friend of the protagonist, but she doesn't have the clout, popularity, or connections to make the time she spends with her worthwhile. They discuss their troubles with their publisher, which the protagonist regrets. Athena reminds the protagonist that they acquired their debut, but the editor who did got fired and the buck passed to him. The protagonist reminds Athena to fuck him, as she has a goldfish's memory when it comes to their problems.

      Jealousy is a powerful emotion for writers, as it can lead to feelings of shame and self-disgust when comparing one's own work to someone else's. Jealousy can be a sharp, green, venomous thing, but it can also be a feeling of fear. Jealousy is the spike in the heart rate when someone glimpses news of Athena's success on Twitter, and it can lead to feelings of shame and self-disgust when one sees one of her books in a bookstore display. It can also lead to feelings of shame and self-disgust when one sees one of her books in a bookstore display. The narrator feels jealous of Athena, a writer who adores her editor, Marlena Ng.

      Athena giggles and scrunches her nose up adorably, but the narrator suppresses the urge to poke it. Athena is drunk and self-aggrandizing, and the narrator first noticed this behavior at San Diego Comic-Con. Athena is always self-aggrandizing and dramatic, and the narrator first noticed this behavior at San Diego Comic-Con. Athena is a wealthy woman who lives alone in a nine-floor, two-bedroom unit with tall ceilings, gleaming hardwood floors, floor-to-ceiling windows, and a balcony that wraps around the corner. She is invited to her apartment, where she lives in a minimalist but bougie style with sleek wooden furniture, sparely designed bookshelves, and clean, monochrome carpets.

      The narrator is jealous of Athena's lavish lifestyle, but she invites the narrator over to her apartment to try some whisky. Athena's apartment is decorated in a minimalist but bougie style with sleek wooden furniture, sparely designed bookshelves, and clean, monochrome carpets. Athena is a successful author who uses a vintage typewriter to write her novels. She has a mahogany desk with curved legs beneath a window framed by Victorian-style lacy curtains, atop which sits her prized black typewriter. She scribbles in Moleskine notebooks, outlines on sticky notes, and fully formed drafts on her Remington, forcing her to focus on the sentence level.

      She loves the reassuring solidity of the word, as it feels permanent and like everything she compose has weight. Athena is famously cagey about her projects until they're finished. She is famously cagey about her World War One project, which is a big artistic challenge for her. She is famously cagey about her projects until they're finished, and her agents and editors don't get to see much as an outline until she's finished the whole thing. The narrator is drunk enough to reach for the first page, but Athena nods her permission.

      The narrator picks a stack of ten or fifteen pages off the top and skims through them. Athena Liu is a famous author who has written a book that is going to dazzle. She is nervous when she meets the narrator, but she doesn't want to give validation to her game. The narrator and Athena Liu chat about celebrities, fashion, and their students. Athena compliments the narrator's style and asks where she got her clothes.

      The narrator makes Athena laugh with stories about her students and ghostwritten college essays. Junie and Athena Liu have known each other for over nine years, but have never been so close. Tonight, they are having a great time together, sharing stories about bad dates, people they know from undergrad, and hooking up with the same two guys from Princeton. They are making pancakes from scratch with pandan extract, which Athena Liu explains is fragrant and herbal. She flips them off the pan and onto Junie's plate.

      The narrator is starving and challenges Athena to an eating contest. Athena is choking and the narrator tries to perform the Heimlich on her, but it doesn't seem to work. The narrator calls 911 and Athena is folded over a chair, jamming her sternum against the back, trying to perform the Heimlich on herself. The narrator doesn't know Athena's address and the narrator

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