Amazed and honored to be among the Finalists. I'm so grateful to @nationalbook, the fiction judges, to @PantheonBooks@VintageAnchor, and everyone who read my book, wrote about it, or encouraged me here or offline. Looking forward to lots of reading! @likaluca@penguinrandom.
HARSH WRITING ADVICE
The thing needs two more revisions.
And then one more.
And then maybe cut out 30% of it.
The bad 30%.
Problem is, that 30% is stuck like chewed gum to the other 70%.
Excited to share that my novel Interior Chinatown has made the shortlist (le deuxieme selection) for Le Prix Medicis Etranger in France. I’m honored and thrilled. Thank you to the jurors and my publisher @forgesdevulcain @DavidMeulemans and translator Aurelia Thiria Meulemans!
Our new director-approved 4K special edition of Wong Kar Wai’s swooning masterpiece IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000) has arrived!❣️ On our release: a doc by Wong chronicling the making of the film; interviews; deleted scenes; an essay by @charles_yu; cover by @iamalwayshungry; & more!
