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Astra House

Y/N

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Title: Y/N
Author: Esther Yi
ISBN: 9781662601538
Publisher: Astra House
Published: 2023
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Condition: New
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Fiction 1569812

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New York Times Notable Book of 2023
New Yorker Best Book of 2023
TIME Must-read Book of 2023
Esquire Best Book of 2023
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Cosmopolitan Best Book of 2023
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It's as if her life only began once Moon appeared in it. The desultory copywriting work, the boyfriend, and the want of anything not-Moon quickly fall away when she beholds the idol in concert, where Moon dances as if his movements are creating their own gravitational field; on livestreams, as fans from around the world comment in dozens of languages; even on skincare products endorsed by the wildly popular Korean boyband, of which Moon is the youngest, most luminous member. Seized by ineffable desire, our unnamed narrator begins writing Y/N fanfic--in which you, the reader, insert [Your/Name] and play out an intimate relationship with the unattainable star.

Surreal, hilarious, and shrewdly poignant, Y/N is a provocative literary debut about the universal longing for transcendence and the tragic struggle to assert one's singular story amidst the amnesiac effects of globalization. Esther Yi's prose unsettles the boundary between high and mass art, exploding our expectations of a novel about "identity" and offering in its place a sui generis picture of the loneliness that afflicts modern life.