Natural Beauty transfemme Rijneveld has created a captivating

Rijneveld has created a captivating world of language unlike any other

The result is a phantasmagorical story and a poignant meditation on queer life in a city beset by North Korea’s shadow

Oliver is finally ready to tell it

Written in the years following the sudden death of a cherished friend

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Natural Beauty transfemme Rijneveld has created a captivatingBy Ling Ling Huang In this sly, surprising, and razor sharp debut novel, a virtuoso pianist gives up her future as a musician to work at a high end wellness store in New York City where the pursuit of beauty comes at a staggering cost. Our narrator is the youngest student at the Conservatory. She produces a sound from the piano no one else does, employing a special technique she learned from her parentsalso stunningly talented musicianswho fled China