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My Year of Meats (original 1998; edição 1999)

por Ruth Ozeki, Ruth L. Ozeki

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As she films a 52-part series on wholesome American beef for Japanese television, director Jane Takagi-Little of New York realizes she is doing her viewers a disservice and sabotages the show. Combines exposure of unhealthy production of meat and a cross-cultural view of America.

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Membro:	weijen123
Título:	My Year of Meats
Autores:	Ruth Ozeki
Outros autores:	Ruth L. Ozeki
Informação:	Penguin Books (1999), Paperback, 400 pages
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My Year of Meats por Ruth Ozeki (1998)

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My Year of Meats reads like a dual memoir told by a young Japanese American filmmaker and a Japanese housewife. The filmmaker is working on a TV show about American housewives who cook beef for dinner-- to be aired in Japan. It's an amusing premise but it started off rough. It is Ozeki's first novel and read as such, but it improved about 1/3 way through and started to hang together and find its footing as the filmmaker made discoveries about meat production. I enjoyed the characters and the story was satisfying, if not entirely believable. **Some people won't read this afraid they will be grossed out by meat after reading. This is NOT The Jungle. It's more about drugs used in the meat industry that are now outlawed. There are some unsavory meat factory scenes but I had several steaks while reading this book.** (

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technodiabla | Nov 22, 2023 |

I came upon this in the New Books section of my library, where the title alone made me want to bring it home. This is the first Ozeki novel I read, and it did not disappoint. (

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mykl-s | May 16, 2023 |

A writer friend recommended this book to me, and I’m glad she did! I loved the characters (even the ones we only met for a few pages like Lara and Dyann) and despised the villain. I like books with hot takes on society and enjoyed this one on the meat industry and women’s bodies. The author did a great job slowly unraveling the storylines. Loved this one. (

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jenwelsh | Nov 18, 2022 |

I didn't know what to expect with this, but I ended up liking it a lot. If you were a flesh eater, you would end up finding out a lot of stuff about flesh that you really didn't want to know. I wonder if the author did it that way on purpose, sneaking information in there like that? From the title of the book and the blurb on the back, you still don't really get it until almost right up to the end. Good job! (

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burritapal | Oct 23, 2022 |

I only stuck with this one because of how much I enjoyed A Tale for the Time Being. The first half dragged and the attempt at social commentary was pretty ham-fisted. But about 2/3rds in I found myself invested in almost all of the characters and am glad I took the time to finish it. (

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Die junge Autorin will viel in ihrem ersten Roman: Sie will kulturelle Stereotypen aufbrechen, die Mechanismen gedankenlosen Konsumverhaltens bewußt machen, eine praktikable Medien-Ethik vorstellen und gelebte Frauen-Emanzipation vorführen. Dieses Themen-Konglomerat verkommt jedoch nicht zur überfrachteten Bekehrungsschrift oder zum platten Thesenroman im Sinne von: 'Fleisch ist unappetitlich und gefährlich - werdet Vegetarierinnen, liebe Leserinnen'. Vielmehr wird der Roman getragen von einer ausgeklügelten Struktur: Intertextuelle Zitate aus dem "Kopfkissenbuch der Hofdame Sei Shonagon" (aus dem Jahr 1000 n. Chr.) und längere Erzählpassagen aus den Perspektiven der amerikanischen und japanischen Hauptfiguren wechseln ab mit Briefen, Faxen, Rezepten und Drehbuch-Entwürfen.

adicionada por Indy133 | editarliteraturkritik.de, Ulla Biernat (Oct 1, 1999)

A sexy and funny cross-cultural tale of two seemingly disparate women that is 'a feast that leaves you hungry for whatever Ozeki cooks up next.'

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There is an ardent passion to the center of this novel... rare and provocative.

adicionada por GYKM | editarUSA Today

It's juicy, it's tender, it's bloody, it's sizzling.

adicionada por GYKM | editarSt. Louis Post Dispatch

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Nome do autor	Papel	Tipo de autor	Obra?	Estado
Ruth Ozeki	—	autor principal	todas as edições	calculado
Ozeki, Ruth	—	autor principal	todas as edições	confirmado
Rook, Ruud	Tradutor	autor secundário	algumas edições	confirmado

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Dublin Literary Award (Longlist – 2000)

Kiriyama Prize (Winner – 1998)

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My Year of Meats

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1998

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