Finalist for the 2023 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2023 New York Times 2023 Critics' Pick New Yorker Best Book of 2023 (Essential Read) NPR Best Book of 2023 TIME Must-Read Book of 2023 Bookshop.org Best Book of 2023 Chicago Public Library Favorite Book of 2023 Ms. Magazine Best Book of 2023 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.

Le imprese di una giovane donna senza nome, Y/N, e di Moon, affascinante e misterioso membro di una boy band coreana incredibilmente popolare e il loro viaggio filosofico ed emozionante destinato a rinnovare e trasformare entrambi. «Un esordio straordinario... Strano, inquietante e innegabilmente bello, Y/N risplende». Publishers Weekly Con un esordio spiazzante e magnetico, Esther Yi guida il lettore in un viaggio insolito e altamente lirico nel mondo delle celebrità e della moltitudine dei loro fan. Per farlo usa un espediente destinato a diventare un classico della narrativa, vicino alla realtà aumentata: la completa immedesimazione e immersione nella protagonista della storia. Entrando nei panni della narratrice, Y/N, ai lettori e alle lettrici viene data la possibilità di avanzare verso la sua a tratti disperata, a tratti algida, ricerca dell’amore, lasciando il tempo di ragionare su opzioni e prospettive per poi verificare sulla pagina che la storia proceda come la si è immaginata. Tra Don Chisciotte e Thomas Pynchon, l’autrice e la voce narrante seducono il lettore per inchiodarlo al libro e desiderare contro ogni aspettativa che infine e per sempre l’amore trionfi.

Develops a coherent theoretical framework to analyse the formulation of grain procurement policy for the entire history of the PRC. An optimization model is constructed to capture Chinese policy makers' preferences regarding the competing objectives of sectoral income distribition and food security, as well as the factors governing the trade-off between thes two objectives and the choice of policy instruments. Also analyses the impacts of China's accession to WTO on its grain sector. To explain the numerous failures of China's grain policy, studies the problems arising from policy formulation and implementation.

Fireflies Issue #3 explores the films of French director Claire Denis and Chinese director Jia Zhangke. The issue discusses, dismantles, reinterprets and creatively plays with their cinema, through responses from critics, filmmakers, novelists, poets and visual artists.