My Year of Meats

by Ozeki, Ruth L.

• ISBN13: 9780140280463
• ISBN10: 0140280464
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Summary

The perfect fiction companion to The Omnivore’s Dilemmaand In Defense of Food Now that Michael Pollan’s New York Timesbestsellers have opened up a national dialogue about where food really comes from, conscientious readers everywhere will want to devour My Year of Meats. When documentarian Jane Takagi-Little finally lands a job producing a Japanese television show that just happens to be sponsored by the American meat-exporting industry, she begins to uncover some unsavory truths about love, fertility, and a very dangerous hormone called DES. A modern-day take on Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, veteran filmmaker Ruth Ozeki’s novel has been hailed as rare and provocative” (USA Today) and up-to-the-minute” (Chicago Tribune).

Author Biography

Ruth Ozeki's mesmerizing debut novel has captivated readers and reviewers worldwide. When documentarian Jane Takagi-Little finally lands a job producing My American Wife!, a Japanese television show sponsored by an American meat-exporting business, she discovers some unsavory truths about love, fertility, and a hormone called DES. Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe, Akiko Ueno, a beleaguered Japanese housewife, struggles to escape from her child-craving husband. When Jane's and Akiko's lives intersect, the deepest concerns of our time are illuminated: how the past informs the present, and how we live and love in an ever-shrinking world.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 1
The Sprouting Month	p. 5
The Clothes-Lining Month	p. 17
The Ever-Growing Month	p. 31
The Deutzia Month	p. 49
The Rice-Sprouting Month	p. 85
The Water Month	p. 121
The Poem-Composing Month	p. 145
The Leaf Month	p. 169
The Long Month	p. 199
The Gods-Absent Month	p. 243
The Frost Month	p. 285
The End of the Year	p. 323
Epilogue: January	p. 353
Bibliography	p. 363
Notes	p. 365
Acknowledgments	p. 367
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