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Natural Beauty is a 2023 satirical horror novel by Ling Ling Huang that explores the intersection of beauty and wellness standards with social issues like classism, racism, and sexism. Her debut novel, it was published on April 4, 2023, by Dutton.
Apr 4, 2023 · Ling Ling Huang. 3.80. 12,171 ratings2,585 reviews. Goodreads Choice Award. Nominee for Best Horror (2023) Sly, surprising, and razor-sharp, Natural Beauty follows a young musician into an elite, beauty-obsessed world where perfection comes at a staggering cost.
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“A modern-day Picture of Dorian Gray shot through a Cronenbergian lens, Ling Ling Huang’s Natural Beauty has big things to say about art, society, and the obsessive pursuit of youth. Huang’s writing is as austere as a flawless arpeggio, but there is great warmth in Huang’s portrayal of her characters.”
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Apr 11, 2023 · Ling Ling Huang is a writer and violinist. Her debut novel is “ Natural Beauty. For a long time, I was a devout follower of what the sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom calls the “prophets” of...
Apr 4, 2023 · Constance Wu and author Ling Ling Huang chat candidly about beauty standards, chasing acceptance, and navigating their Asian American identities within the beauty space.
Apr 4, 2023 · When we meet our unnamed protagonist, she’s a piano-playing child prodigy whisked away from her Chinese immigrant parents to live, perform and suffer at a restrictive, racist music conservatory.
Apr 9, 2024 · A young Chinese American woman learns the secrets of a sinister wellness company in Huang’s incisive and disquieting debut. After the unnamed narrator’s parents are involved in a severe car accident, she abandons her classical music career to focus on their care.
