In this collection of twenty-one personal essays, Andrew Lam, the award-winning author of Perfume Dreams, continues to explore the Vietnamese diaspora, this time concentrating not only on how the East and West have changed but how they are changing each other. Lively and engaging, East Eats West searches for meaning in nebulous territory charted by very few. Part memoir, part meditation, and part cultural anthropology, East Eats West is about thriving in the West with one foot still in the East.
"Don't be fooled by the seductive beauty of [Lam's] prose--underneath its iridescent surface, it comes with the wicked kick of Sriracha chili sauce."
—Sandip Roy, host of New America Now Radio and commentator on NPR's Morning Edition
Reading Schedules:
September 16, 2010
6:00 PM
Mechanics' Institute, San Francisco, CA
September 26, 2010
5:00 PM
California Culinary Academy, San Francisco, CA
October 6, 2010
12:00 PM
Ubud Book Festival, Bali
October 16, 2010
3:30 PM
The Booksmith, San Francisco, CA
November 1, 2010
6:30 PM
SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
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