The popular Hulu and Disney+ series Interior Chinatown is adapted from Charles Yu’s 2020 National Book Award-winning novel of the same name. This Taiwanese-American author is gaining increasing attention in American literature and film.
Prior to winning the National Book Award, Charles Yu had already published three works — Third-Rate Superhero, The Time Machine and the Vanished Father, and Please, Thank You, I’m Sorry. His novels and essays have appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. He also participated in writing the hit HBO series Westworld, receiving two nominations for the Writers Guild of America Award (WGA Award). FX and AMC have also aired series with scripts written by Charles Yu.
However, Charles Yu always downplays these impressive achievements: ” I don’t know why I am chosen,” “Just lucky,” “Sales are so-so.” His humility is strikingly similar to the world he depicts. He never writes about heroes who save the world, but about ordinary people struggling to survive.
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