My Year of Meat - Couverture souple

Ozeki, Ruth L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0330370065 ISBN 13 : 9780330370066

Editeur : Picador, 1998

Synopsis

From small-town America to the claustrophobia of the Japanese corporate lifestyle, this novel tells the story of a parallel year in the lives of two women at the opposite ends of the world, brought together in a strange convergence of global politics, meat, TV and personal crisis.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'Ozeki is a deeply intelligent and humane writer' Alice Sebold, Author Of The Lovely Bones

'One of my favourite novelists' Junot Diaz

'There are not many novels that can justify the label "extraordinary"... It grapples with a quite astonishing pantheon of themes... The writing is witty, intelligent and passionate' Independent

'Smart, funny, irreverent' Guardian

'A joy to read' Elle

'Ozeki offers a remarkably fresh view of the rocky road many women travel to love and motherhood' Glamour

Romance, agri-business, self-discovery, cross-cultural misunderstanding - it takes a talent like Ruth Ozeki's to blend all these ingredients beautifully together. My Year of Meats is a sensitive and compelling portrait of two modern women' Arthur Golden, author Of Memoirs Of A Geisha

'A meaty novel about relationships, cultural boundaries and the beef industry... Ruth Ozeki masks a deeper purpose with a light tone... My Year of Meats is delightful in many ways' --Jane Smiley

Présentation de l'éditeur

A cross-cultural tale of two women brought together by the intersections of television and industrial agriculture, fertility and motherhood, life and love—the breakout hit by the celebrated author of A Tale for the Time Being

Ruth Ozeki’s mesmerizing debut novel has captivated readers and reviewers worldwide. When documentarian Jane Takagi-Little finally lands a job producing a Japanese television show that just happens to be sponsored by an American meat-exporting business, she uncovers some unsavory truths about love, fertility, and a dangerous hormone called DES. Soon she will also cross paths with Akiko Ueno, a beleaguered Japanese housewife struggling to escape her overbearing husband. Hailed by USA Today as “rare and provocative” and awarded the Kirayama Prize for Literature of the Pacific Rim, My Year of Meats is a modern-day take on Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle for fans of Michael Pollan, Margaret Atwood, and Barbara Kingsolver.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0330370065
• ISBN 13: 9780330370066
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible