Disorientation
New York : Penguin Press, 2022.
Format: Book
Description: 403 pages ; 25 cm
"A struggling PhD student makes a shocking discovery about a famous Chinese American poet that sets into motion a series of escalating events, both humorous and fraught, that culminates in an incendiary reckoning of her relationships, beliefs, and identity"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The curious note -- A benign coincidence -- Yellow peril 2.0 -- The most common name in the English-speaking world -- The versatility of tampons -- Japan is an inherently interesting country -- Hollywood -- Chinatown blues -- Special occasion role-plays -- Traitor! -- Chaos in the East Asian Studies Department -- Good old-fashioned American freedom -- Exhibiting all the usual signs -- The ultimate Asian woman -- Serial killers want to be caught -- All hail emperor Bartholomew -- Total immersion -- Fever dream -- A priori, a posteriori -- Be a good girl.
Subjects:
Women doctoral students -- United States -- Fiction.
Chinese American women -- Fiction.
Education, Higher -- United States -- Fiction.
Discrimination in higher education -- United States -- Fiction.
Satire, American.
Women doctoral students -- United States -- Fiction.
Chinese American women -- Fiction.
Education, Higher -- United States -- Fiction.
Discrimination in higher education -- United States -- Fiction.
Satire, American.
ISBN:
9780593298350
Includes bibliographical references.