Mal answers “Is it some sort of meta-joke that a book...”

Tom asked this question about Yellowface:

Is it some sort of meta-joke that a book about plagiarising another author's work seems to have taken its plot, almost beat for beat, from another author's work (the -in my opinion- way superior About the Author by John Colapinto)?

Mal Can't the same be said for almost any book idea? Jean Hanff Korelitz's "The Plot" has the same general idea as well. I haven't read anywhere that Kuan…moreCan't the same be said for almost any book idea? Jean Hanff Korelitz's "The Plot" has the same general idea as well. I haven't read anywhere that Kuang was saying the idea itself was entirely new, but the twist here seems to be about the implications of a white person stealing the book of an Asian person, which doesn't seem to be the case for Colapinto's book (and isn't for Korelitz).(less)

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Tom Thanks, Mal. I'd never heard of The Plot, and no, Colapinto's doesn't have the race dimension, so I suppose that's a new twist. It was just a bit disa ...more
May 30, 2023 07:45AM · flag

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