Jane Takagi-Little produces a Japanese television show on all-American meat cooking. Akiko Ueno learns more than just recipes from Jane's programmes. In one parallel year, the lives of two women at opposite ends of the earth are brought together in a novel of meat, TV and personal crisis.
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At first glance, a novel that promises to expose the unethical practices of the American meat industry may not be at the top of your reading list, but Ruth Ozeki's debut, My Year of Meatsis well worth a second look. Like the author, the novel's protagonist, Jane Takagi-Little, is a Japanese-American documentary filmmaker; like Ozeki, who was once commissioned by a beef lobbying group to make television shows for the Japanese market, Jane is invited to work on a Japanese television show meant to encourage beef consumption via the not-so-subliminal suggestion that prime rib equals a perfect family:
TO: AMERICAN RESEARCH STAFFThe series, My American Wife!, initially seems like a dream come true for Jane as she criss-crosses the United States filming a different American family each week for her Japanese audience. Naturally, the emphasis is on meat, and Ozeki has fun with bizarre recipes such as rump roast in coke and beef fudge; but as Jane becomes more familiar with her subject, she becomes increasingly aware of the beef industry's widespread practice of using synthetic oestrogens on their cattle and determines to sabotage the programme.
FROM: Tokyo Office
DATE: January 5, 1991
RE: My American Wife!...
Here is list of IMPORTANT THINGS for My American Wife!.
DESIRABLE THINGS:
1. Attractiveness, wholesomeness, warm personality
2. Delicious meat recipe (NOTE: Pork and other meats is second class meats, so please remember this easy motto: "Pork is Possible, but Beef is Best!")
3. Attractive, docile husband
4. Attractive, obedient children
5. Attractive, wholesome lifestyle
6. Attractive, clean house...
UNDESIRABLE THINGS:
1. Physical imperfections
2. Obesity
3. Squalor
4. Second class peoples
Cut to Tokyo where Akiko Ueno struggles through the dull misery of life with her brutish husband, who happens to be in charge of the show's advertising. After seeing one of Jane's subversive episodes about a vegetarian lesbian couple, Akiko gets in touch and the two women plot to expose the meat industry's hazardous practices. Romance, humour, intrigue, and even a message--My Year of Meats has it all. This is a book that even a vegetarian would love.
"Ozeki is a deeply intelligent and humane writer" (Alice Sebold, author of Lovely Bones)
"One of my favourite novelists" (Junot Díaz)
"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)
"A wildly entertaining story that addresses a smorgasbord of social issues" (Chicago Tribune)
"Character gems and exquisite plotting make this a treasure to read" (Kirkus Reviews)
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Condition: Muy bueno. : Sumérgete en 'Mi Año de Carne', una novela cautivadora de Ruth Ozeki que entrelaza las vidas de Jane Takagi-Little, una documentalista que produce un programa de televisión japonés sobre cocina americana con carne, y Akiko Ueno, una ama de casa japonesa que busca escapar de su opresivo matrimonio. A medida que sus caminos se cruzan, descubren verdades inquietantes sobre el amor, la fertilidad y los peligros de una hormona llamada DES. Esta obra, galardonada con el Kirayama Prize, es una reflexión moderna sobre la industria alimentaria y las crisis personales, ideal para los amantes de Michael Pollan y Barbara Kingsolver. EAN: 9780330368452 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: My Year of Meat Autor: Ruth L. Ozeki Editorial: Pan Books Idioma: en Páginas: 448 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2025-02-13-d6800c9f
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