#Rebecca F. Kuang

[discoursets]

day at the flea market! 🩶

#tacitus #roman empire #roman history #babel #R. F. Kuang #Rebecca F. Kuang #flea market #flea market finds #second hand bookstore #old books #dark academia #light academia #reading #aesthetic #booklr #studyblr #studyblog #bookblog #delhi #delhigram #دہلی #old delhi

[wannabewriterlol]

Just finished the poppy war and I’m emotionally damaged

#I thought after all for the game I was past this #but I’m not #the poppy war #fang runin #yin nezha #chen kitay #sring venka #rebecca f. kuang #r.f. kuang #altan trengsin #cike #jiang ziya #all for the game

[nukbody]

I DEVOURED Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang in 3 days and had to do something about it

#i left the past page satisfied #and its not like it's a perfect book #some topics could've been explored further #and its very...blunt sometimes #(usually) #but i didn't enjoy any book as much as this one sine first Gideon the Ninth #also disputes a lot about creativity and what is like to be an author in general #i was self-checking a lot during lecture #and some quotes/discourses will stay with me for a long time #yellowface #rebecca f. kuang #nukbody sketch dump

[fallingskiesandrisingseas]

Been thinking about the Poppy War series for a while now, and something just hit me.

Fang Runin is a case study of what happens when you give someone who believes they are special too much power. But at the same time, she is also what inevitably happens to people in war.

This is a little girl who works as hard as she can to escape the povery she grew up around. A girl that, after arriving at an institution built for creating soldiers, quickly realizes that she is an outcast and does not belong. Someone who experiences racism, classicism, is outright bullied by classmates and teachers alike.

She is then saved by the academy madman, who turns out to be one of the most powerful men in the empire. She commits genocide on a scale unfanthomed by the general population and does, if ever, show remarkably little regret, because it was to save her people and friends. Her people that, she finds out later, were willing to betray them and sell them out. Friends she will have to fight.

Her fire, her literal fire, is what keeps her going through betrayal, disability, cold campaigns that claim the lives of soldiers she was tasked to command and protect.

It is so well detailed, so scary how she slowly loses sight of the important things, how she becomes unable to see the value of human lives, from letting townsfolk kill their 'opressors' to culling the Cike herself.

She comes to believe, through all that she goes through, that there is nothing holy, that she doesn't owe anyone. She is shown that people with morals end up in mass graves.

The only reason she even makes it through three books is because she is so strong they cannot ( afford to ) kill her.

Fang Runin is what happens to people in war. When they suffer blow after blow after blow and are allowed no time to rest.

Chen Kitay, while serving an important role in the Second Trifecta ( parallels, damn parallels. They could've had everything, both of them ) also serves as Rin's conscience. As what a man at war is supposed to be. He serves as a narrative mirror of just how far Rin has come of the rails at the end of A Burning God.

And so Rin killing herself in the end, and dooming Kitay at the same time, is a final act of defiance. It is also quite arguably the best thing she does in the book. Because then and only then, she realizes what this post has just described. That there is no way back for her.

She has spilled so much blood she is drowning in it, and she does not know anything else but war anymore. War has consumed her, like it was bound to. And she is dragging Kitay, the most moral character in all of the books, her anchor, her conscience, down with her.

#poppy war #chen kitay #fang runin #yin nezha #character analysis #rebecca f. kuang #burning god #dragon republic #drowning faith

[cryptrees]

"married a nice girl named Mary"

Mary Shelley, writer of fucking Frankenstein, mentioned in a footnote as just some guy's wife.

The footnotes make the book actually seem like a biography or history writen back in the 1800s, and not 2022.

#babel #rebecca f. kuang #rf kuang #books #reading #mary shelley #frankenstein

[am-cogitoergosum]

MAJOR THE BURNING GOD SPOILERS

so i was rereading the drowning faith and ive noticed that it's in present-tense in contrast to the rest of the trilogy, which is in past-tense. after thinking for a bit on why this may be, and i came to the conclusion that it's because nezha's still alive. for i while i brushed this off as a fun little detail, but now i think that rf kuang did this to foreshadow the fact that rin was doomed from the start. it was made clear from the beginning that rin was born into a world with no room for her, in contrast to nezha, who automatically has infinitely more privilege because of who these two are, and that makes rereading the poppy war trilogy so much sadder.

#tpw #the poppy war #tbg #the burning god #tdf #the drowning faith #i get burned alive every time i read this book #im being knocked to the floor and kicked repeatedly #rebecca f. kuang #why couldn't we have it all #answer me rebecca.

[aiyix98]

I see all this people saying that it is obvious that June is made to be hated, but is she? I don't know. Yes, her actions are unjustified and she is not a good person, but as an aspiring writer... I get her. I get her ambition. I can empathize with her. Because this industry is cruel. It takes your dreams, your ambitions and aspirations and crush them. As i said, she is not a good person, but you can pity her and empathize with her, while admitting that yes, she deserves to be caught.

And for me, June is more complex than just a "white women". We know that she comes from a low/medium class home, while Athenas' family has money. Athena has many opportunities that June hasn't. Also we can't forget that the Junes' animosity towards Athena not only stems from racism. In college, June got raped and Athena took her experience to win a prize. Both of then are twisted. This doesn't justify the actions of June. But for me is not only a white women.

#yellowface #rebecca f. kuang #June Song Hayward #Athena Liu #nuance

[lostalleycat]

Power did not lie in the tip of a pen. Power did not work against its own interests. Power could only be brought to heel by acts of defiance it could not ignore. With brute, unflinching force. With violence.

Rebecca F. Kuang, "Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution" (2022)

#post #book #literature #lit #fantasy #historical fiction #Rebecca F. Kuang #R. F. Kuang #Babel

[booksandstudy-emills]

«They became what they’d aspired to be since their first year – aloof, brilliant, and fatigued to the bone. They were miserable. They slept and ate too little, read too much, and fell completely out of touch with matters outside Oxford or Babel. They ignored the life of the world; they lived only the life of the mind. They adored it».

«Babel», R. Kuang

#studyblr #dark academic aesthetic #oxford #dark academia #student life #love this #babel #rebecca f. kuang #babel by rf kuang

[aseriesofvariousevents]

The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories

With this being such a diverse set of stories covering science fiction in a million different ways, it was bound to be a bit of a mixed bag, but, after finishing this, I came away with some new favorites and a newfound appreciation for the art of translation. To highlight a few standouts, “A Brief History of Beinakan Disasters as Told in Sinitic Language”, “Dragonslaying”, “New Year Painting, Ink and Color on Rice Paper, Zhaoqiao”, and “The Woman Carrying a Corpse” were by far my favorite stories of the collection. I also really enjoyed the five essays throughout and felt I had learned something new from each one. I loved having this opportunity to read more sci-fi from Chinese authors and even though I couldn’t necessarily “relate” (though I loathe the use of that term in this context) I felt like reading this had been a treat in its own right.

Favorite Quote: Most prefer to ignore the truth. The elites create a context. The masses accept it. 

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Editors: Yu Chen and Regina Kanyu Wang

Contributors: Anna Wu, BaiFanRuShuang, Cara Healey, Carmen Yiling Yan, Chen Qian, Chi Hui, Chu Xidao, Count E, Elizabeth Hanlon, Emily Xueni Jin, Mel “etvolare” Lee, Gigi Chang, Gu Shi, Jing Tsu, Judith Huang, Judy Yi Zhou, Ling Chen, Nian Yu, Rebecca F. Kuang, Ru-Ping Chen, Shen Dacheng, Shen Yingying, Wang Nuonuo, Xia Jia, Xiu Xinyu, Xueting Christine Ni, Yiling Wang, Zhao Haihong

#anna wu #baifangrushuang #cara healey #carmen yiling yan #chen qian #chi hui #chu xidao #count e #elizabeth hanlon #emily xueni jin #mel etvolare lee #gigi chang #gu shi #jing tsu #judith huang #judy yi zhou #ling chen #nian yu #rebecca f. kuang #ru-ping chen #shen dacheng #shen yingying #wang nuonuo #xia jia #xiu xinyu #xueting christine ni #yiling wang #zhao haihong #yu chen #regina kanyu wang

[hoerbahnblog]

"YELLOWFACE " von REBECCA F. KUANG" – eine Rezension von Marius Müller

“YELLOWFACE ” von REBECCA F. KUANG” – eine Rezension von Marius Müller “YELLOWFACE ” von REBECCA F. KUANG” (Hördauer 12 Minuten) https://literaturradiohoerbahn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Buch-Haltung-R-F-Kuang-Yellowface-upload.mp3 Was, wenn der größte schriftstellerische Erfolg der Laufbahn gar nicht aus der eigenen Feder stammt? Rebecca F. Kuang lässt in ihrem neuen Roman Yellowface eine…

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#Buch-Haltung #Eichborn #Eichborn Verlag #REBECCA F. KUANG #Rezension #Uwe Kullnick #YELLOWFACE

[tintededges]

Yellowface

Satirical novel about jealousy, plagiarism and Own Voices in the publishing industry I know this author from her fantasy series which I first read some years back. She has recently made a stir in the book world with her foray into literary fiction, and I picked this book as my next gardening audiobook to read. By sheer coincidence, my sister bought me a paperback edition for Christmas thinking…

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#book reviews #books #General Fiction #literary fiction #R. F. Kuang #Rebecca F. Kuang #satire #Yellowface

[jenmedsbookreviews]

Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang

Today I am sharing my thoughts on Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang. This is one of those real ‘buzz’ books of the year so I felt as though I really ought to bring it to the top of my TBR list. It’s one with a premise that really intrigued me to be honest, so what better reason, right? Here’s what it’s all about: Source: Owned CopyRelease Date: 25 May 2023Publisher: The Borough Press Continue…

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#Rebecca F. Kuang

[lilianeruyters]

Rebecca F. Kuang || Yellowface

Well, after having finished Yellowface I know a lot more about the way novels are made into a success, about the way social media can break or make you. I have also learned come to realise that in public opinion not all authors are allowed to write about Asian issues. To be quite honest, all the pages dealing with the impact of social media were kind of boring. Main character June Hayward is…

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#reading is fun #American literature #appropriatie culture #Great Novel #Great reading #Harper Collins #literature #Rebecca F. Kuang #Sunday Times Bestseller #The Borough Press #Yellowface

[fallingskiesandrisingseas]

We need to talk about the Poppy War more!

Somehow, the author manages to create a world that feels both totally real and at the same time deeply magical.

A place where mortals can call down the gods.

Aside from the brilliant characters and breathtaking storyline, she also manages to talk about so many important things that go along with war and conflict and military ; famine, sexual assault, genocide, loss of innocence, refugees, totalitarianism, racism, classicsm, disability, suicide.

Rebecca F. Kuang manages to exactly pinpoint the Western superiorty complex, from the Divine Maker to the eugenic studies.

Most importantly, though, the book doesn't pull punches. It lets you experience the full weight behind each of these issues, from Venka's broken arms to the overflowing refugee camps. In the book, there is no time to breathe. Things keep happening. It is part of what makes this world so compelling and complex: there is always a new angle, a new consequence, a new complication.

Really excellent series by an excellent author. Exited to read more from her

#poppy war #chen kitay #fang runin #yin nezha #rebecca f. kuang

[rockinovy]

Historia obsesji, rasizmu oraz (nie)przyjaźni — Rebecca F. Kuang "Yellowface"

“Yellowface” to już druga przeczytana przeze mnie książka, której autorką jest Rebecca F. Kuang. Jednak jest ona też pierwszą, o której wspominam na Marionetce Literackiej. Choć pisarka do tej pory dała nam się poznać jako fantasta, napisała ona teraz zgoła inną powieść, której tematyka osadzona jest w naszych realiach. Nie ukrywam, że wizja takiej R.F. Kuang skusiła mnie i jeszcze przed premierą…

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#lit. amerykańska #Literatura Piękna #powiesc wspolczesna #rebecca f. kuang #wyd. fabryka słów