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Charles Yu

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Charles Yu

Charles Yu is the author of three books, including the novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (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, Westworld. He has also written for shows on FX, AMC, and HBO. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired, among other publications.

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Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown has been shortlisted for the National Book Awards (Fiction category),
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu wins the National Book Award for Fiction.

Latest reviews

  • “A funny, biting take down of the racism in the entertainment industry…both humorous and heartrending.”
    — The Independent, Nov 2 2020
  • “This is a hilarious book. You'll laugh at the universe Charles Yu creates, kitty-corner to our own and just so off-kilter - and then, without warning, you'll be pulled under by the riptide and everything will suddenly make beautiful, perfect, heartbreaking, unexplainable sense.”...
    — Raphael Bob-Waksberg, creator of BoJack Horseman, Oct 28 2020
  • “Wrenching, hilarious, sharp, surreal, and above all, original.”
    — Emily St John Mandel, Oct 28 2020
  • “An acid indictment of Asian stereotypes and a parable for outcasts feeling invisible in this fast-moving world.”
    — Kirkus Reviews, Oct 28 2020

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