Charles Yu (1) (1976–)
Autor/a de How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Per altres autors anomenats Charles Yu, vegeu la pàgina de desambiguació.
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Crèdit de la imatge: By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17098066
Obres de Charles Yu
Obres associades
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities: Exhibits, Oddities, Images, and Stories from Top Authors and Artists (2011) — Col·laborador — 429 exemplars
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers (2019) — Col·laborador — 414 exemplars
From a Certain Point of View: 40 Stories Celebrating 40 Years of The Empire Strikes Back (2020) — Col·laborador — 341 exemplars
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Eleven (2017) — Col·laborador — 77 exemplars
Fakes: An Anthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, "Found" Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts (2012) — Col·laborador — 67 exemplars
Polychrome Futures and Fantasies — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Altres noms
- You Chao-Kai/游朝凱
- Data de naixement
- 1976
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Educació
- University of California, Berkeley
Columbia University Law School - Professions
- writer
lawyer
story editor - Relacions
- Yu, Kelvin (brother)
- Premis i honors
- National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" (2007)
- Agent
- Heidt, Gary
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
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Premis
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Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 12
- També de
- 26
- Membres
- 4,262
- Popularitat
- #5,894
- Valoració
- 3.6
- Ressenyes
- 255
- ISBN
- 55
- Llengües
- 8
- Preferit
- 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.… (més)