All over Creation - Hardcover

Ozeki, Ruth L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670030910 ISBN 13: 9780670030910

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2003

Synopsis

Returning home to the Idaho potato farm she fled twenty-five years earlier, Japanese-American Yumi struggles with her father's terminal illness, her mother's Alzheimer's, her former best friend, and a former lover who once offended the town. By the author of

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"Buzzes and blooms with the cross-pollination of races and subcultures, death and birth, betrayal and reconciliation, comedy and tragedy."

"Buzzes and blooms with the cross-pollination of races and subcultures, death and birth, betrayal and reconciliation, comedy and tragedy." ("Los Angeles Times Book Review")

Buzzes and blooms with the cross-pollination of races and subcultures, death and birth, betrayal and reconciliation, comedy and tragedy. ("Los Angeles Times Book Review")

aBuzzes and blooms with the cross-pollination of races and subcultures, death and birth, betrayal and reconciliation, comedy and tragedy.a ("Los Angeles Times Book Review")

?Buzzes and blooms with the cross-pollination of races and subcultures, death and birth, betrayal and reconciliation, comedy and tragedy.? ("Los Angeles Times Book Review")

"Hooray--Ozeki rides again."--Barbara Kingsolver

"A sophisticated novel in which dread and hope coexist..." --The New York Times
"Buzzes and blooms with the cross-pollination of races and subcultures, death and birth, betrayal and reconciliation, comedy and tragedy." --Los Angeles Times Book Review
Praise for Ruth Ozeki and "All Over Creation"
"Ozeki is one of my favorite novelists . . . bewitching, intelligent, hilarious, and heartbreaking, often on the same page."
--Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of "This Is How You Lose Her"
"In precise and luminous prose, Ozeki captures both the sweep and detail of our shared humanity. The result is gripping, fearless, inspiring and true."
--Madeline Miller, author of the Orange Prize winner "The Song of Achilles"
"Ozeki is a gifted storyteller. "All Over Creation" buzzes and blooms with the cross-pollination of races and subcultures, death and birth, betrayal and reconciliation, comedy and tragedy."
"--Los Angeles Time Book Review"
"Sophisticated . . . a nice blend of humor and strangely affecting optimism. Ozeki has written a book where dread and hope coexist. Neither is given short shrift or magicked away."
"--The New York Times Book Review"
"Ozeki joins the constellation of such environmentally aware writers as Barbara Kingsolver, Annie Proulx, and Margaret Atwood, bringing her own shrewd and playful humor, luscious sexiness, and kinetic pizzazz to the table, as well her keen interest in the interface between food, family, science, and corporate greed and the dynamics of spin. . . . Moving neatly between the intimate and the environmental, the familial and the global, Ozeki hones each vivid description, witty conversation and surprising occurrence to illuminate the complex dichotomies between love and responsibility, nature and culture, traditional and corporate agriculture, traditional and corporate agriculture, fact and fabrication."
"--Chicago Tribune"
"Ruth Ozeki is bent on taking the novel into corners of American culture no one else has thought to look--but where she finds us in all our technological weirdness. With a combination of humor and pathos that is all her own, Ozeki brings the American pastoral forward into the age of agribusiness and genetic engineering. The result is a smart compelling novel about a world we don't realize we live in."
--Michael Pollan
""All Over Creation" opens wider with every plot twist as it moves from tenderness to comedy to sobering truth and the world in the eye of one family's storm. This is Edward Abbey's "The Monkey Wrench Gang "updated by thirty years, with modern environmental challenges on the map and women in the front seat, driving the story. Hooray--Ozeki rides again."
--Barbara Kingsolver
"Ozeki deftly and sensitively folds the variegated topics together, whipping up a savory treat."
"--Entertainment Weekly"
"This winning novel . . . is a feast of humor and wisdom about family and friendship."
"--Glamour"
"Bewitching . . . Ozeki'story splices a bit of Edward Abbey into an Anne Tyler plot. The fruits of this mix are definitely worth tasting."
--"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
"A feast for mind and heart."
--"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)
Praise for Ruth Ozeki and "All Over Creation"
Ozeki is one of my favorite novelists . . . bewitching, intelligent, hilarious, and heartbreaking, often on the same page.
Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of "This Is How You Lose Her"
In precise and luminous prose, Ozeki captures both the sweep and detail of our shared humanity. The result is gripping, fearless, inspiring and true.
Madeline Miller, author of the Orange Prize winner "The Song of Achilles"
Ozeki is a gifted storyteller. "All Over Creation" buzzes and blooms with the cross-pollination of races and subcultures, death and birth, betrayal and reconciliation, comedy and tragedy.
" Los Angeles Time Book Review"
Sophisticated . . . a nice blend of humor and strangely affecting optimism. Ozeki has written a book where dread and hope coexist. Neither is given short shrift or magicked away.
" The New York Times Book Review"
Ozeki joins the constellation of such environmentally aware writers as Barbara Kingsolver, Annie Proulx, and Margaret Atwood, bringing her own shrewd and playful humor, luscious sexiness, and kinetic pizzazz to the table, as well her keen interest in the interface between food, family, science, and corporate greed and the dynamics of spin. . . . Moving neatly between the intimate and the environmental, the familial and the global, Ozeki hones each vivid description, witty conversation and surprising occurrence to illuminate the complex dichotomies between love and responsibility, nature and culture, traditional and corporate agriculture, traditional and corporate agriculture, fact and fabrication.
" Chicago Tribune"
Ruth Ozeki is bent on taking the novel into corners of American culture no one else has thought to look but where she finds us in all our technological weirdness. With a combination of humor and pathos that is all her own, Ozeki brings the American pastoral forward into the age of agribusiness and genetic engineering. The result is a smart compelling novel about a world we don t realize we live in.
Michael Pollan
"All Over Creation" opens wider with every plot twist as it moves from tenderness to comedy to sobering truth and the world in the eye of one family s storm. This is Edward Abbey s "The Monkey Wrench Gang "updated by thirty years, with modern environmental challenges on the map and women in the front seat, driving the story. Hooray Ozeki rides again.
Barbara Kingsolver
Ozeki deftly and sensitively folds the variegated topics together, whipping up a savory treat.
" Entertainment Weekly"
This winning novel . . . is a feast of humor and wisdom about family and friendship.
" Glamour"
Bewitching . . . Ozeki story splices a bit of Edward Abbey into an Anne Tyler plot. The fruits of this mix are definitely worth tasting.
"Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
A feast for mind and heart.
"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)
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Praise for Ruth Ozeki and All Over Creation

"Ozeki is one of my favorite novelists . . . bewitching, intelligent, hilarious, and heartbreaking, often on the same page."
--Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of This Is How You Lose Her

"In precise and luminous prose, Ozeki captures both the sweep and detail of our shared humanity. The result is gripping, fearless, inspiring and true."
--Madeline Miller, author of the Orange Prize winner The Song of Achilles

"Ozeki is a gifted storyteller. All Over Creation buzzes and blooms with the cross-pollination of races and subcultures, death and birth, betrayal and reconciliation, comedy and tragedy."
--Los Angeles Time Book Review

"Sophisticated . . . a nice blend of humor and strangely affecting optimism. Ozeki has written a book where dread and hope coexist. Neither is given short shrift or magicked away."
--The New York Times Book Review

"Ozeki joins the constellation of such environmentally aware writers as Barbara Kingsolver, Annie Proulx, and Margaret Atwood, bringing her own shrewd and playful humor, luscious sexiness, and kinetic pizzazz to the table, as well her keen interest in the interface between food, family, science, and corporate greed and the dynamics of spin. . . . Moving neatly between the intimate and the environmental, the familial and the global, Ozeki hones each vivid description, witty conversation and surprising occurrence to illuminate the complex dichotomies between love and responsibility, nature and culture, traditional and corporate agriculture, traditional and corporate agriculture, fact and fabrication."
--Chicago Tribune

"Ruth Ozeki is bent on taking the novel into corners of American culture no one else has thought to look--but where she finds us in all our technological weirdness. With a combination of humor and pathos that is all her own, Ozeki brings the American pastoral forward into the age of agribusiness and genetic engineering. The result is a smart compelling novel about a world we don't realize we live in."
--Michael Pollan

"All Over Creation opens wider with every plot twist as it moves from tenderness to comedy to sobering truth and the world in the eye of one family's storm. This is Edward Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang updated by thirty years, with modern environmental challenges on the map and women in the front seat, driving the story. Hooray--Ozeki rides again."
--Barbara Kingsolver

"Ozeki deftly and sensitively folds the variegated topics together, whipping up a savory treat."
--Entertainment Weekly

"This winning novel . . . is a feast of humor and wisdom about family and friendship."
--Glamour

"Bewitching . . . Ozeki'story splices a bit of Edward Abbey into an Anne Tyler plot. The fruits of this mix are definitely worth tasting."
--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A feast for mind and heart."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Book Description

The second novel from the author of the Man Booker 2013 shortlisted A Tale for the Time Being

Edition details

• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0670030910
• ISBN 13: 9780670030910
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 400