{"product_id":"disorientation-9780593298374","title":"Disorientation","description":"\u003cb\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE SELECTION * A MALALA BOOK CLUB PICK * AN INDIE NEXT PICK * A FAVORITE BOOK OF 2022 BY NPR AND BOOK RIOT * A MUST-READ MARCH 2022 BOOK BY TIME, VANITY FAIR, EW AND THE CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS * A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 BY GOODREADS, NYLON, BUZZFEED AND MORE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Taiwanese American woman's coming-of-consciousness ignites eye-opening revelations and chaos on a college campus in this outrageously hilarious and startlingly tender debut novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty-nine-year-old PhD student Ingrid Yang is desperate to finish her dissertation on the late canonical poet Xiao-Wen Chou and never read about \"Chinese-y\" things again. But after years of grueling research, all she has to show for her efforts are a junk food addiction and stomach pain. When she accidentally stumbles upon a curious note in the Chou archives one afternoon, it looks like her ticket out of academic hell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But Ingrid's in much deeper than she thinks. Her clumsy exploits to unravel the note's message lead to an explosive discovery, upending her entire life and the lives of those around her. What follows is a roller coaster of mishaps and misadventures, from book burnings and OTC drug hallucinations, to hot-button protests and Yellow Peril 2.0 propaganda. As the events Ingrid instigated keep spiraling, she'll have to confront her sticky relationship to white men and white institutions--and, most of all, herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A blistering send-up of privilege and power, and a profound reckoning of individual complicity and unspoken rage, in \u003ci\u003eDisorientation\u003c\/i\u003e Elaine Hsieh Chou asks who gets to tell our stories--and how the story changes when we finally tell it ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElaine Hsieh Chou\u003c\/b\u003e is a Taiwanese American writer from California. A former Rona Jaffe Graduate Fellow at NYU and NYFA Artist Fellow, her Pushcart Award-winning short fiction appears in \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Black Warrior Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Tin House Online\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. She is the recipient of the 2023 Fred R. Brown Literary Award. Her short story collection WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM is forthcoming from Penguin Press. Find her at www.elainehsiehchou.com\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50592740245778,"sku":"9780593298374","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_655b4b72-8a7a-495b-9b69-8cf3b9efb3f1.jpg?v=1732107352","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/disorientation-9780593298374","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}