Harmless Like You

Name: Harmless Like You
Rating: 3.8 (193 reviews)
Author: Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

Authors: Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Series:
Type: Novel
Genres: Literary fiction
Rank:
Top 1000 in Best Asian American & Pacific Islander Literature Books on Amazon
Rating: 3.8 based on 193 reviews
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Print length: 320 pages (Hardcover)

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About the book

“Rowan Hisayo Buchanan’s debut is a beautifully textured novel, befitting the story of an artist.” -Washington Post

Written in startlingly beautiful prose, Harmless Like You is set across New York, Connecticut, and Berlin. At its heart is Yuki Oyama, a Japanese girl fighting to make it as an artist, and her struggle with her decision to leave her two-year-old son, Jay. As an adult, Jay sets out to find his mother and confront her abandonment.

Praise for this book:

"Rowan Hisayo Buchanan's passionate, gorgeously-written debut novel investigates harmlessness and harm, power and vulnerability, free will and fate." - Ellis Avery

"With kaleidoscopic prose and characters all too human, HARMLESS LIKE YOU is an unforgettable debut, as rich in darkness and light as it is in color." - Chloe Benjamin

"Sublime - calm, profound, beautifully controlled and with startling splashes of colour." - Chris Cleave

"This brilliant debut novel by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan is cause for celebration." - Lorrie Moore

"What a beautiful book. So measured and confident for a debut - really impressive stuff." - Emma Jane Unsworth

Accolades

Authors' Club Best First Novel Award 2017

Betty Trask Prize 2017 (nominee)

Desmond Elliott Prize 2017 (nominee)

About the author

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan is a Japanese-British-Chinese-American writer. She has a BA from Columbia University, an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is currently working on a PhD at the ...