Ling Ling Huang in Conversation With Chelsea Bieker

From Ling Ling Huang — author of Natural Beauty — comes Immaculate Conception (Dutton), a novel set in the fiercely competitive art world about an obsessive friendship upended by a cutting-edge technology purported to enhance empathy and connection. Enka meets Mathilde in art school. Mathilde is a dizzyingly talented yet tortured artist whose star is on the rise — and Enka, struggling to make art that feels original, is immediately drawn to her. The two strike up a close friendship that soon turns codependent. But when Mathilde’s fame reaches [...]