buchspektrum Internet-Buchhandlung

Neuerscheinungen 2018

Stand: 2020-02-01
Schnellsuche
ISBN/Stichwort/Autor
Herderstraße 10
10625 Berlin
Tel.: 030 315 714 16
Fax 030 315 714 14
info@buchspektrum.de

Min Jin Lee

Free Food for Millionaires


2018. 592 S. 198 mm
Verlag/Jahr: HEAD OF ZEUS; APOLLO 2018
ISBN: 1-78854-307-6 (1788543076)
Neue ISBN: 978-1-78854-307-1 (9781788543071)

Preis und Lieferzeit: Bitte klicken


A young woman is torn between her Korean heritage and American upbringing. Min Jin Lee´s acclaimed debut novel.
The brilliant debut novel from the New York Times -bestselling author of Pachinko .

´Ambitious, accomplished, engrossing ... As easy to devour as a nineteenth-century romance´ NEW YORK TIMES .

Casey Han´s years at Princeton have given her a refined diction, an enviable golf handicap, a popular white boyfriend and a degree in economics. But no job, and a number of bad habits.

The elder daughter of working-class Korean immigrants, Casey inhabits a New York a world away from that of her parents. As Casey navigates an uneven course of small triumphs and spectacular failures, a clash of values and ambitions plays out against the colourful backdrop of New York society, its many shades and divides.

´Explores the most fundamental crisis of immigrants´ children: how to bridge a generation gap so wide it is measured in oceans´ Observer .

´A remarkable writer´ The Times .
´Ambitious, accomplished, engrossing ... as easy to devour as a 19th-century romance´ New York Times .
Lee, Min Jin
Min Jin Lee is a Korean-American author and journalist. Born in Seoul, her family moved to America when she was seven. She worked as a lawyer before deciding to write full time. For more information, visit minjinlee.com.