Varun Iyer

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And the Mountains Echoed

by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author)

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Varun Iyer’s Quotes

“I dub historical exploitation novels: inauthentic stories that use troubled pasts as an entertaining set piece for white entertainment.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

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“which is why revulsion for Rupi Kaur’s poetry has become a millennial personality trait.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

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“I would have liked Allie better if she were a shy, bookish type I could have taken on shopping sprees at indie bookstores instead of an iPhone-addicted, TikTok-obsessed basic bitch in training.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

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“(I thought about posting a phone screenshot of my statement drafted in the Notes app, but Notes app apologies have become a genre in and of themselves, and not a very respectable one.)”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

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“I've written myself into a corner. The first two-thirds of the book were a breeze to compose, but what do I do with the ending? Where do I leave my protagonist, now that there's a hungry ghost in the mix, and no clear resolution?”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

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