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The Double Life Of Benson Yu: A Novel
Atria Books
ISBN13:
9781668005491
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A nuanced, complex, and highly original novel. Charles Yu, National Book Awardwinning author of Interior Chinatown This fresh and unique work of metafiction follows Benson Yu, a writer, who loses control of his own narrative when he attempts to write the story of his fraught upbringing in 1980s Chinatown. In a Chinatown housing project lives twelve-year-old Benny, his ailing grandmother, and his strange neighbor Constantine, a man who believes hes a reincarnated medieval samurai. When his grandmother is hospitalized, Benny manages to survive on his own until a social worker comes snooping. With no other family, he is reluctantly taken in by Constantine and soon, an unlikely bond forms between the two. At least, thats what Yu, the narrator of the story, wants to write. The creator of a bestselling comic book, Yu is struggling with continuing the poignant tale of Benny and Constantine and cant help but interject from the present day, slowly revealing a darker backstory. Can Yu confront the demons hes spent his adult life avoiding or risk his own life...and Bennys?
- | Author: Kevin Chong
- | Publisher: Atria Books
- | Publication Date: Apr 18, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 224 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1668005492
- | ISBN-13: 9781668005491
- Author:
- Kevin Chong
- Publisher:
- Atria Books
- Publication Date:
- Apr 18, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 224 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 1668005492
- ISBN-13:
- 9781668005491