Vietnameazy : a novel about food, mothers and daughters, told over three generations by Nguyen Cron, Trami, author instant download

Vietnameazy : a novel about food, mothers and daughters, told over three generations by Nguyen Cron, Trami, author instant download

181 pages : 21 cm, Like Viet Thanh Nguyen's acclaimed The Sympathizer, VietnamEazy captures with startling honesty and detail the dizzying dislocation that so many Vietnamese arrivals in the United States have experienced and, like Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club, explores the age-old mysteries of the mother-daughter relationship. It tells the story of Kieu, a Vietnamese-American woman, and her quest for success on a TV cooking show, introducing the intoxicating allure of Vietnamese food to a general audience, interwoven with the haunting, sorrowful tale of her family and upbringing. This is a universal tale of rede, A star : sautéed crab in secret sauce -- Virtues : feminine salad -- In the time of the emperor : vegetarian imperial rolls -- Trust : sour fish soup -- Breaking out of tradition : fish in a clay pot -- Merging of cultures : steak and potato stir-fry -- Sweetness of life : caramel flan -- Through hell : hades rice