具体描述
From the Publisher: Beginning with her family's harrowing migration out of Saigon in 1975, Stealing Buddha's Dinner follows Bich Nguyen as she comes of age in the pre-PC-era Midwest. Filled with a rapacious hunger for American identity, Nguyen's desire to belong transmutes into a passion for American food-Pringles, Kit Kats, and Toll House cookies. More exotic-seeming than her Buddhist grandmother's traditional specialties, the campy, preservative-filled "delicacies" of mainstream America become an ingenious metaphor for her struggle to become a "real" American. Stealing Buddha's Dinner is also a portrayal of a diverse family: Nguyen's hardworking, hard-partying father; pretty sister; wise and nurturing grandmother; and Rosa, her Latina stepmother. And there is the mystery of Nguyen's birth mother, unveiled movingly over the course of the book. Nostalgic and candid, Stealing Buddha's Dinner is a unique vision of the immigrant experience and a lyrical ode to how identity is often shaped by the things we long for.
作者简介
Bich Minh Nguyen (pronounced/Bit Min New-win/) was born in Saigon and grew up in Michigan. Her work has appeared in Gourmet, People, the Chicago Tribune, and numerous anthologies.
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As a memoir, Stealing Buddha’s Dinner truly depicts a Vietnamese immigrant, Bich Nguyen, struggling with her identity in America. Through describing a variety of Vietnamese and American foods, the book raises questions about life, desire, identity and indi...
评分As a memoir, Stealing Buddha’s Dinner truly depicts a Vietnamese immigrant, Bich Nguyen, struggling with her identity in America. Through describing a variety of Vietnamese and American foods, the book raises questions about life, desire, identity and indi...
评分As a memoir, Stealing Buddha’s Dinner truly depicts a Vietnamese immigrant, Bich Nguyen, struggling with her identity in America. Through describing a variety of Vietnamese and American foods, the book raises questions about life, desire, identity and indi...
评分As a memoir, Stealing Buddha’s Dinner truly depicts a Vietnamese immigrant, Bich Nguyen, struggling with her identity in America. Through describing a variety of Vietnamese and American foods, the book raises questions about life, desire, identity and indi...
评分As a memoir, Stealing Buddha’s Dinner truly depicts a Vietnamese immigrant, Bich Nguyen, struggling with her identity in America. Through describing a variety of Vietnamese and American foods, the book raises questions about life, desire, identity and indi...
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