{"product_id":"interior-chinatown-hardcover","title":"Interior Chinatown - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Yu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER - \"A shattering and darkly comic send-up of racial stereotyping in Hollywood\" (\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair) \u003c\/i\u003eand a\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edeeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWillis Wu doesn't perceive himself as the protagonist in his own life: he's merely Generic Asian Man. Sometimes he gets to be Background Oriental Making a Weird Face or even Disgraced Son, but always he is relegated to a prop. Yet every day, he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where \u003ci\u003eBlack and White\u003c\/i\u003e, a procedural cop show, is in perpetual production. He's a bit player here, too, but he dreams of being Kung Fu Guy--the most respected role that anyone who looks like him can attain. Or is it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter stumbling into the spotlight, Willis finds himself launched into a wider world than he's ever known, discovering not only the secret history of Chinatown, but the buried legacy of his own family. Infinitely inventive and deeply personal, exploring the themes of pop culture, assimilation, and immigration--\u003ci\u003eInterior Chinatown\u003c\/i\u003e is Charles Yu's most moving, daring, and masterful novel yet.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHARLES YU\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four books, including \u003ci\u003eInterior Chinatown\u003c\/i\u003e (the winner of the 2020 National Book Award for fiction), and the novel \u003ci\u003eHow to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe\u003c\/i\u003e (a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and a \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine best book of the year). He received the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Award and was nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards for his work on the HBO series, \u003ci\u003eWestworld.\u003c\/i\u003e He has also written for shows on FX, AMC, and HBO. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWired, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other publications\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eTogether with TaiwaneseAmerican.org, he established the Betty L. Yu and Jin C. Yu Writing Prizes, in honor of his parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Book Awards (2020)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685123297343,"sku":"9780307907196","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8e0fb4d6917fc8e37af8aa079aeece47.webp?v=1764969966","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/interior-chinatown-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}