Interior Chinatown: A Novel (National Book Award Winner) (Vintage Contemporaries)

I had really wanted to like this book more than I did. I really enjoyed what the book was trying to get at and the message that it was going for. I have often complained bitterly about the lack of Asian representation in media and Hollywood, and this book really resonated with me on that level. There were quite a few moments in the novel where I was like "YES THIS!" because a specific passage or section was something I super related to.

Still, I ...read more

Biting satire about being a person of Asian descent in America. Funny. Nicely staged audio which was well read by Fuentes

Charles Yu has presents us a novel that at its core, is an effort to identify, challenge, and rewrite stereotypes. It’s told using a unique and refreshing voice that captures the immigrant experience. Even more so, it tells the minority experience as a whole. A life of constantly grasping for an identity that is not your own just so you can be seen. The author goes a layer deeper and adds in the complex dynamics between generations. Relationshi...read more

273 pages From the infinitely inventive author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe comes a deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play. Willis Wu doesn't perceive himself as a protagonist even in his own life: he's merely Generic Asian Man. Every day, he leaves his tiny room in a Chinatown SRO and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and Wh...read more