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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)?

SusanTalksBooks I haven't read About the Author, but will check it out. I think writing about people stealing others' work is a new trope/genre, with different takes …moreI haven't read About the Author, but will check it out. I think writing about people stealing others' work is a new trope/genre, with different takes on the theme. Yellowface's take is cultural appropriation and also "inside scoop" on the publishing industry. I had just read The Plot before this and also read The Mythmakers which is an adjacent theme - stealing an experience and writing about it. (less)

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Tom About the Author is well worth reading: better, in my opinion, and much funnier, and pretty much the same plot (though without the race element).
Jun 30, 2023 02:12AM · flag

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