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My year of meats / Ruth L. Ozeki

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Ozeki, Ruth L

Publication details: New York : Viking , c1998.Description: 366 p. ; 24 cmSubject(s):

DDC classification:

FIC OZE

Summary: The perfect fiction companion to The Omnivore's Dilemma and 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).

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC OZE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		038750

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-364).

The perfect fiction companion to The Omnivore's Dilemma and 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).

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