Five-Star Stranger - A Novel

“Provocative, self-assured…Tang plays deftly with the conventions of romantic comedy... A smart look at people-pleasing taken to its illogical extreme.” —Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW

A short, powerful, and funny debut novel about a “rental stranger” whose ongoing role as a part-time father to a young girl sparks questions about ethics, identity, and love.

About the author

Kat Tang is a graduate of Columbia’s MFA program where she taught as an Undergraduate Writing Fellow. Born in China, relocated to Japan, and raised in California, she is fascinated by how we make and fake human connection in a technologically evolving world. Her short stories and graphic narratives have appeared in Electric Literature, The Margins, Pigeon Pages, and elsewhere. She currently lives in New York.

Product details

• Authors: Kat Tang
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 19.06.2025
• EAN: 9781668050156
• ISBN: 978-1-6680-5015-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 172 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Diversity, equality, inclusion, FICTION / Asian American & Pacific Islander