A Best-Selling Novelist Identified a Minor Character as Israeli. Some Fans Are Canceling Their Orders.

Anti-Zionists Are Canceling R.F. Kuang for Writing the Word ‘Israel’

Writers are taught the value of clarity, so the novelist R.F. Kuang should already know precisely how to extricate herself and her fans from the awkward situation in which they

Backlash grows over Israeli character in R.F. Kuang’s upcoming novel 'Taipei Story'

Author R.F. Kuang is facing backlash after a leaked excerpt from her new novel included an Israeli character, prompting criticism and calls for a boycott.

Author R.F. Kuang faces backlash over Israeli character in upcoming novel

Bestselling author R.F. Kuang is facing online backlash after advance copies of her forthcoming novel, Taipei Story, included a brief reference to an Israeli character.Kuang, the Chinese American author of Yellowface and Babel, withdrew in December from the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, held in Dubai in January, citing a call by the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee to boycott the United Arab Emirates ov…

A best-selling novelist identified a minor character as Israeli. Some fans are canceling their orders.

A bestselling author is facing a flurry of anger from fans after advance copies of her upcoming novel identified a character as Israeli — a move that her critics say advances “normalization” of a country they oppose. Rebecca “R. F.” Kuang, the Chinese-American author of the 2023 satirical novel “Yellowface” and “The Poppy War” trilogy, is set to publish her seventh novel, “Taipei Story,” in September. The advance version, an excerpt of which was…