Toggle navigation Search. Like site? Add book Sign In. Sign in. Remember Me. New here? Join Us. Download book Read book. There is a point in wealth after which even the sky seems limited. What makes these campy novels so deliciously fascinating is that they sometimes read more like an insider crash course on uber-rich Asian society than satirical comedy.
Those pricey pet fish, called arowanas, are a real thing. Embellished with snarky but informative footnotes, the novel is colored with Asian cultural context as the plot moves briskly through the decadent lifestyles of an extended Singapore-based Chinese family, the Shangs. For the first time, white people enter the Shang family tree, with mixed-race bloodlines introduced into the previously Asian-only brood through marriages with Brits.
As the characters diversify, the series has also become globalized and achieved success across racial lines. It draws this sizable non-Asian audience without diluting any of its cultural specificity. Many of the previous stories built around Asian characters have been framed in relationship to whiteness or built around the second-class tropes through which America has viewed us—the model minority, the immigrant worker, the masseuses who might also be sex workers.
Probably for the very first time, these empowered, authentic characters live within their purely Asian world, and none of the usual stereotypes are part of the mainstream discussion. One scene in particular made me simultaneously wince and laugh at its familiarity.
Look at my hands, Rachel. They are empty! Until: a shocking revelation draws Rachel in to a world of Shanghai splendor beyond anything she has ever imagined. Here we meet Carlton, a Ferrari-crashing bad boy known for Prince Harry-like antics; Colette, a celebrity girlfriend chased by fevered paparazzi; and the man Rachel has spent her entire life waiting to meet: her father. Meanwhile, Singapore's It Girl Astrid Leong is shocked to discover that there is a downside to having a newly-minted Tech Billionaire husband.
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