Stealing Buddha's Dinner

Name: Stealing Buddha's Dinner
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ISBN: 9780143113034

ISBN-10: 0143113038

ISBN-13: 9780143113034

Edition: N/A

Authors: Bich Minh Nguyen

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As a Vietnamese girl coming of age in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Nguyen is filled with a rapacious hunger for American identity, and in the pre-PC-era Midwest (where the Jennifers and Tiffanys reign supreme), the desire to belong transmutes into a passion for American food. More exotic- seeming than her Buddhist grandmothers traditional specialties, the campy, preservative-filled delicacies of mainstream America capture her imagination. In Stealing Buddhas Dinner, the glossy branded allure of Pringles, Kit Kats, and Toll House Cookies becomes an ingenious metaphor for Nguyens struggle to become a real American, a distinction that brings with it the dream of the perfect school lunch, burgers…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.07" wide x 7.62" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English

Bich Minh Nguyen is the author of the memoir Stealing Buddha's Dinner. She teaches at Purdue University and lives in Chicago and West Lafayette.