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ISBN: 9781549132162
| Runtime: | 25.23 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
A People Pick of the Week
Casey Han is a strong-willed, Queens-bred daughter of Korean immigrants immersed in a glamorous Manhattan lifestyle she can't afford. When a chance encounter with an old friend lands her a new opportunity, she's determined to carve a space for herself in a glittering world of privilege, power, and wealth–but at what cost?
Set in a city where millionaires scramble for free lunches that the poor are too proud to accept, this epic of love, greed, and ambition is a compelling portrait of intergenerational strife, immigrant struggle, and social and economic mobility. Free Food for Millionaires exposes the intricate layers of a community clinging to its old ways in a city packed with haves and have-nots.
Includes a Reading Group Guide.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“This big, beguiling book has all the distinguishing marks of a Great American novel.” —The Times (London)
“Lee’s take on contemporary intergenerational cultural friction is wide-ranging, sympathetic, and well worth reading.” —Publishers Weekly
“With very broad strokes and great detail, Lee paints colorful three-dimensional characters and outlines intergenerational and cultural struggles brilliantly.” —Booklist
“Free Food for Millionaires stakes out new ground for twenty-first century American literature, territory both profoundly enlightening and utterly enjoyable.” —David Henry Hwang, playwright, M. Butterfly
Mesmerizing...Not since Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake has an author so exquisitely evoked what it's like to be an immigrant. —--USA Today
This big, beguiling book has all the distinguishing marks of a Great American novel. —--The Times (London)
Lee has updated the Victorian novel of progress to a postmodern, postfeminist world and imagined a character whose circumstances feel universal. —--Chicago Tribune
Author
Author Bio: Min Jin Lee
Min Jin Lee is a writer whose debut novel, Free Food for Millionaires, was one of the “Top 10 Novels of the Year” for the Times (London), NPR’s Fresh Air, and USA Today. Her short fiction has been featured on NPR’s Selected Shorts. Her writings have appeared in Condé Nast Traveler, Times (London), Vogue, Travel+Leisure, Wall Street Journal, New York Times Magazine, and Food & Wine. Her essays and literary criticism have been anthologized widely. She served as a columnist for the Chosun Ilbo, the leading paper of South Korea.
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| Available Formats : | Retail CD |
| Category: | Fiction |
| Runtime: | 25.23 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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