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In this feisty, terrifying, and ultimately heartwarming novel, two women--one in America, one in Japan--take on the beef industry, hoping to expose the dangers of hormone use in cattle farming. Winner of the Imus American Book Award, the Kiriyama Book Prize, and the Versailles World Cookbook Award.
| Size | | Length: | 16 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 9.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
As a writer, Ozeki draws upon her knowledge in documentary filmmaking cleverly to bring the worlds of two women together. . . . Ozeki draws parallels in the lives of these two women through beef, love, television, and their desire to have children. Ozeki skillfully tackles hard-pressing issues such as the use and effects of hormones in the beef industry and topics such as cultural differences, gender roles, and sexual exploitation. Her work is unique in presentation yet moving and entertaining. Highly recommended for general fiction collections.
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Wilkinson
'My Year of Meats' could be called a screed, and probably will be by the beef industry. But this is a genuine novel, and a deft one. Ozeki slips faxes, journal entries, shooting scripts and quotations from the Japanese classic 'The Pillow Book' into the narrative. She beautifully sets up the counterpoint between Jane and Akiko, and evokes both cultures with telling detail. Funny, charming and, yes, political, 'My Year of Meats' is a feast that leaves you hungry for whatever Ozeki cooks up next.
Annotation copyright H.W. Wilson Company.
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