Idol, Burning

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<p><strong>A DECEMBER INDIE NEXT PICK!</strong></p><p><strong>?Haunting and sincere,<em> Idol, Burning </em>subverts and astonishes. Rin Usami balances humor, obsession, heartbreak, and sacrifice in her debut, crafting a story that's both enveloping and expansive. Usami's writing is thrilling and deft, and her novel illuminates the shadows cloaking our digital lives, leaving us with honesty and grace in equal measures.<em> Idol, Burning</em> is a barnburner and a prayer and a testament to the lengths that we'll go to reach for our dreams.??Bryan Washington, award-winning author of <em>Memorial </em>and <em>Lot</em></strong></p><p><strong>The novel that lit the Japanese publishing world on fire: From a breathtaking up-and-coming writer, a twenty-first century <em>Catcher in the Rye</em> that brilliantly explores toxic fandom, social media, and alienated adolescence.</strong></p><p>Akari is a high school student obsessed with ?oshi? Masaki Ueno, a member of the popular J-Pop group Maza Maza. She writes a blog devoted to him, and spends hours addictively scrolling for information about him and his life. Desperate to analyze and understand him, Akari hopes to eventually see the world through his eyes. It is a devotion that borders on the religious: Masaki is her savior, her backbone, someone she believes she cannot survive without?even though she's never actually met him.</p><p>When rumors surface that her idol assaulted a female fan, social media explodes. Akari immediately begins sifting through everything she can find about the scandal, and shares every detail to her blog?including Masaki's denials and pleas to his fans?drawing numerous readers eager for her updates.</p><p>But the organized, knowledgeable persona Akari presents online is totally different from the socially awkward, unfocused teenager she is in real life. As Masaki's situation spirals, his troubles threaten to tear apart her life too. Instead of finding a way to break free to save herself, Akari becom

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780063213289

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

212 x 139 x 20 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Verlag / Hersteller

HarperCollins