Harmless Like You

Name: Harmless Like You
Brand: Hodder & Stoughton
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★★★★★

3.80 (2,372 ratings by Goodreads)

English

By (author): Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

WINNER OF THE 2017 AUTHORS' CLUB FIRST NOVEL AWARD
WINNER OF A BETTY TRASK AWARD

'Announces a startling talent' Guardian

'This brilliant debut novel is cause for celebration' Lorrie Moore

'A refreshing, bold book' Sunday Telegraph

Written in startlingly beautiful prose, HARMLESS LIKE YOU is set across New York, Berlin and Connecticut, following the stories of Yuki Oyama, a Japanese girl fighting to make it as an artist, and Yuki's son Jay who, as an adult in the present day, is forced to confront his mother who abandoned him when he was only two years old.

An unforgettable novel about the complexities of identity, art, adolescent friendships and familial bonds, offering a unique exploration of love, loneliness and reconciliation.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 BOOKS ARE MY BAG BREAKTHROUGH AUTHOR AWARD
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2016 JHALAK PRIZE

'Slick and intelligent' Stylist

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Weight: 226g
Dimensions: 149 x 201mm
Publication Date: 18 May 2017
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781473638341

About Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan is a Japanese-British-Chinese-American writer. Her debut novel Harmless Like You was published in 2016 by Sceptre and won the Author's Club First Novel Award and a Betty Trask award. It was also shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize the Books Are My Bag Breakthrough Author Award and longlisted for the Jhalak Prize. Rowan Hisayo Buchanan was the recipient of a Margins fellowship for the Asian American Writers Workshop has a BA from Columbia University an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is currently working on a PhD at the University of East Anglia. Her writing has appeared in the short story anthology How Much the Heart Can Hold (Sceptre) the Guardian New York Times Granta The Paris Review and The Atlantic among other places. She has lived in London New York Tokyo Madison and Norwich.rowanhisayo.com