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Disorientation: A Novel
Elaine Hsieh ChouThurber Prize Semi-Finalist, 2023
A NY TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE SELECTION * A MALALA BOOK CLUB PICK * AN INDIE NEXT PICK * A FAVORITE BOOK OF 2022 BY NPR & BOOK RIOT * A MUST-READ MARCH 2022 BOOK BY TIME, VANITY FAIR, EW & THE CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS°°°
A Taiwanese American woman’s coming-of-consciousness ignites eye-opening revelations & chaos on a college campus in this outrageously hilarious & startlingly tender debut novel.
29-year-old PhD student Ingrid Yang is desperate to finish her dissertation on the late canonical poet Xiao-Wen Chou & never read about “Chinese-y” things again. But after years of grueling research, all she has to show for her efforts are junk food addiction & stomach pain. When she accidentally stumbles upon a curious note in the Chou archives one afternoon, she convinces herself it’s her ticket out of academic hell. But Ingrid’s in much deeper than she thinks. Her clumsy exploits to unravel the note’s message lead to an explosive discovery, upending not only her sheltered life within academia but her entire world beyond it.
With her trusty friend Eunice Kim by her side & her rival Vivian Vo hot on her tail, together they set off a roller coaster of mishaps & misadventures, from book burnings & OTC drug hallucinations, to hot-button protests & Yellow Peril 2.0 propaganda. In the aftermath, nothing looks the same to Ingrid—including her gentle & doting fiancé, Stephen Greene.
When he embarks on a book tour with the super kawaii Japanese author he’s translated, doubts & insecurities creep in for the first time… As the events Ingrid instigated keep spiraling, she’ll have to confront her sticky relationship to white men & white institutions—and, most of all, herself.
For readers of Paul Beatty’s The Sellout & Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown, this uproarious & bighearted satire is a blistering send-up of privilege & power in America, & a profound..
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