RACHEL KHONG

Reading from "Real Americans" & 20 years of PicadorProf

A great American novel about what makes us who we are. The big US bestseller: a summer in New York that changes everything. A son in search of his origins. And the big question: what makes us who we are?

New York City, New Year's Eve 1999: Lily Chen is 22, the daughter of Chinese immigrants and an unpaid intern at a trendy media company. When she meets Matthew - charming, handsome and heir to a pharmaceutical empire - she immediately falls in love with him. Two worlds collide. And yet anything seems possible.

Twenty-one years later, Lily's son Nick lives with her on a remote island near Seattle. He senses that something is missing. When he sets off in search of his father, he discovers secrets that change everything - and not just for him.

An evening with author and #PicadorProf Rachel Khong on the occasion of our 20th anniversary. This event is part of "Deutschland liest ein Buch".

The Picador Guest Professorship is presented by Leipzig University, American Studies Leipzig, the DAAD Artists-in-Residence Program and Holtzbrinck Berlin. In cooperation with EDIT Magazine, with Kiepenheuer & Witsch and their project "Deutschland liest ein Buch".

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The event will be held in English.