Charles Yu
Chinese-American novelist whose Interior Chinatown won the National Book Award in 2020. His formally inventive fiction uses genre conventions to explore race, identity, and the American dream with darkly comic intelligence. He is one of the most exciting formally experimental voices in American fiction.
Works
- Interior ChinatownAsian American actor trapped in stereotypical roles confronts identity and invisibility
- How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional UniverseMan escapes dangerous video game world with help of software ghost in science fiction
- Sorry Please Thank YouStory collection of brief moments revealing connection, regret, and human vulnerability