Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
A young woman is torn between her Korean heritage and American upbringing. Min Jin Lee's acclaimed debut novel.
Ambitious, accomplished, engrossing.. as easy to devour as a 19th-century romance' * New York Times *
This big, beguiling book has all the distinguishing marks of a Great American Novel... [a] remarkable writer' * The Times *
Exquisitely evoked... an epic meditation on love' * USA Today *
Explores the most fundamental crisis of immigrants' children... an insight into the secret world of Korean America' * Observer *
It is no exaggeration to say that Lee's debut deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Eliot's great doorstopper [Middlemarch]. What is more, it is arguably even more fun * South China Morning Post *
There are two memorable episodes in which an exchange of gifts reveals a gulf in regard and understanding that could have been penned by Austen herself, so well are they judged. The sisters' stories bowl absorbingly along, while their mother is also permitted a poignant starring role, receiving the same sympathetic treatment Lee extends to almost all her characters * Daily Mail *
This big, beguiling book has all the distinguishing marks of a Great American Novel... [a] remarkable writer' * The Times *
Exquisitely evoked... an epic meditation on love' * USA Today *
Explores the most fundamental crisis of immigrants' children... an insight into the secret world of Korean America' * Observer *
It is no exaggeration to say that Lee's debut deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Eliot's great doorstopper [Middlemarch]. What is more, it is arguably even more fun * South China Morning Post *
There are two memorable episodes in which an exchange of gifts reveals a gulf in regard and understanding that could have been penned by Austen herself, so well are they judged. The sisters' stories bowl absorbingly along, while their mother is also permitted a poignant starring role, receiving the same sympathetic treatment Lee extends to almost all her characters * Daily Mail *
Min Jin Lee is the author of the novels Free Food for Millionaires and Pachinko, a finalist for the National Book Award, runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and a New York Times '100 Best Books of the Century.' Lee is the 2024 recipient of The Fitzgerald Prize for Literary Excellence. From South Korea, Lee has received the Manhae Grand Prize for Literature, the Bucheon Diaspora Literary Award, and the Samsung Happiness for Tomorrow Award for Creativity. She is the recipient of fellowships in Fiction from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study at Harvard, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Lee is an inductee of the New York Foundation for the Arts Hall of Fame and the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. Lee served as the Editor of Best American Short Stories 2023. Lee’s essays and criticism have appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, the New Yorker, the New York Review of Books, Wall Street Journal, Travel & Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, Vogue, and The Times. She is a Writer-in-Residence at Amherst College. She is at work on her third novel, American Hagwon, and a non-fiction work, Name Recognition.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781801105323 |
| ISBN 10 | 1801105324 |
| Title | Free Food for Millionaires |
| Author | Min Jin Lee |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2021-08-05 |
| Number of pages | 672 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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