R.F. Kuang

After a quick little detour telling the publishing industry about itself (2023’s ferocious satire, Yellowface), R.F. Kuang is back to fantasy and working in the mode that she, as an accomplished scholar, absolutely dominates: dark academia. And this time, it’s a dark academia love story. Between two scholars who have to go to hell to save their adviser’s soul. We do not deserve her.

After a quick little detour telling the publishing industry about itself (2023’s ferocious satire, Yellowface), R.F. Kuang is back to fantasy and working in the mode that she, as an accomplished scholar, absolutely dominates: dark academia. And this time, it’s a dark academia love story.…

Poignant and provocative, Yellowface is an in-your-face satirical novel with layered commentary on discrimination, social media and creative freedom.

Poignant and provocative, Yellowface is an in-your-face satirical novel with layered commentary on discrimination, social media and creative freedom.

Helen Laser’s performance of R.F. Kuang’s frantic, defensive first-person narrator will make it difficult for readers to turn away from this scandalous story.

Helen Laser’s performance of R.F. Kuang's frantic, defensive first-person narrator will make it difficult for readers to turn away from this scandalous story.

Babel, R.F. Kuang’s standalone follow-up to her acclaimed Poppy War trilogy, is an unforgiving examination of the cost of power.

Babel, R.F. Kuang's standalone follow-up to her acclaimed Poppy War trilogy, is an unforgiving examination of the cost of power.

Poignant, thrilling and masterfully paced, The Burning God brings The Poppy War trilogy to a dazzling finish.

Poignant, thrilling and masterfully paced, The Burning God brings The Poppy War trilogy to a dazzling finish.

A traumatized heroine’s war in her own mind is the real conflict in Kuang’s powerful follow-up to The Poppy War.

A traumatized heroine's war in her own mind is the real conflict in Kuang’s powerful follow-up to The Poppy War.

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