Y/N by Esther Yi

“Wondrous and weird" —The New York Times"Gorgeous." —The New Yorker"Utterly brilliant." —Cosmopolitan"Riveting and innovative." —TIMENow in paperback, Esther Yi's critically acclaimed novel about a woman whose obsession with a K-pop idol sends her to Seoul on a journey of literary self-destruction.It’s as if her life only began once Moon appeared in it. The desultory copywriting work, the boyfriend, and the want of anything not-Moon quickly fall away when she beholds the idol in concert, where Moon dances as if his movements are creating their own gravitational field; on live streams, as fans from around the world comment in dozens of languages; even on skin-care products endorsed by the wildly popular Korean boyband, of which Moon is the youngest, most luminous member. Seized by ineffable desire, our unnamed narrator begins writing Y/N fanfic—in which you, the reader, insert [Your/Name] and play out an intimate relationship with the unattainable star.From a conspicuous new talent come