{"product_id":"interior-chinatown","title":"Interior Chinatown","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby Charles Yu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'By turns hilarious and flat-out heart-breaking, Charles Yu's Interior Chinatown is a bright, bold, gut punch of a novel.' - Roxanne Gay\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A novel that manages the rare feat of being both extravagantly experimental and a lot of fun to read.' - The Times, Best fiction books of 2020\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A funny, biting take down of the racism in the entertainment industry...both humorous and heartrending.' - The Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Devastating (and darkly hilarious).' - The New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWillis Wu doesn't perceive himself as a protagonist even 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 he is always relegated to a prop. Yet every day he leaves his tiny room and enters the Golden Palace restaurant, where Black and White, 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. At least that's what he has been told, time and time again. Except by one person, his mother. Who says to him: Be more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlayful but heartfelt, a send-up of Hollywood tropes and Asian stereotypes, Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu's most moving, daring, and masterly novel yet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCHARLES YU is the author of three books, including the novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(a New York Times Notable Book and a Time magazine 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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWestworld\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He has also written for shows on FX, AMC, and HBO. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWired\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, among other publications.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"飛地·紐西蘭 Nowhere Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48898241102059,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/0746\/4939\/files\/InteriorChinatown.png?v=1781837767","url":"https:\/\/nowherebookstorenz.myshopify.com\/zh\/products\/interior-chinatown","provider":"飛地·紐西蘭 Nowhere Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}