Ruth L. Ozeki Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

A revelatory short memoir from the author and Zen Buddhist priest Ruth Ozeki about how her face has shaped and been shaped by her life

Spisovatelka Ruth najde při procházce na pláži v Britské Kolumbii svačinovou krabičku s obrázkem Hello Kitty. Ta obsahuje vojenské hodinky a ručně psaný deník, ukrytý v deskách knihy Marcela Prousta Hledání ztraceného času. Mohly tyto předměty patřit někomu, kdo zažil tsunami v roce 2011? Mladá tokijská studentka Nao je šikanovaná svými spolužáky. Aby unikla dennodennímu týrání a ponižování, rozhodne se spáchat sebevraždu. Ještě před svou smrtí však chce na stránkách svého deníku popsat fascinující osud své prababičky, buddhistické mnišky Džiko. Deníku, ukrytého v deskách knihy Marcela Prousta…

With a lifetime of careful nurturing of potatoes and seeds behind them, Lloyd Fuller and his Japanese wife, Momoko, have begun to feel the ravages of time. Their only daughter, Yumi, left home twenty-five years ago, and now they must attempt to consider the future of their precious yet fragile livelihood. Meanwhile a troupe of young revolutionaries are scouring the land in their faithful Winnebego, their eccentric, volatile lives focused on restoring farming practice to its basic beginnings and curbing genetic modification once and for all. As the 'Seeds of Resistance' come crashing into Fullers Farms so too does Yumi return to the fold, and the lives of Lloyd and Momoko are certain never to be the same again.

Jane Takagi-Little produces a Japanese television show on all-American meat cooking. Akiko Ueno learns more than just recipes from Jane's programmes. In one parallel year, the lives of two women at opposite ends of the earth are brought together in a novel of meat, TV and personal crisis.