Michelle Zauner
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Slzy pro Ommu
Michelle Zauner bylo krásných pětadvacet let, žila ve Filadelfii, pracovala jako číšnice a snažila se rozjet kariéru v hudební branži, když se dozvěděla, že její matka onemocněla. Všeho nechala a odletěla domů do Eugune v Oregonu, aby s ní strávila poslední bolestné měsíce boje s rakovinou. Pohlcující upřímný příběh vypráví o Michellině dozrávání: jak se distancovala od korejské identity, aby se k ní následně s pokorou vrátila, a jak si hledala vlastní cestu, díky níž by se s hlubokou ztrátou vyrovnala. S humorem a srdečností popisuje, jak vyrůstala jako dívka asijsko-amerického původu pod tíhou očekávání své matky, až se raději odstěhovala na druhý konec země. Sdílí milé vzpomínky na prázdniny, které jako dítě trávila v babiččině bytě v Soulu, a líčí, jak se jako dospělá učila vařit korejské pokrmy, jež zmíněné vzpomínky oživují. Však si také co týden užívá návštěvy oblíbeného asijského obchodního řetězce, který jí svým způsobem poskytuje konejšivou náruč. Michelle Zauner píše velmi živě a přímočaře, lyricky a otevřeně, takže na stránkách této knihy působí stejně výrazně jako na jevišti. Slzy pro Ommu představují mimořádný debut – tohle dílo v duchu oceníte, vřele ho doporučíte a rádi si ho znovu přečtete.
Crying in H Mart
From the indie rockstar Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, powerful, deeply moving memoir about growing up mixed-race, Korean food, losing her Korean mother, and forging her own identity.
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humour and heart, she tells of growing up the only Asian-American kid at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother's tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food. As she grew up, moving to the east coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, performing gigs with her fledgling band - and meeting the man who would become her husband - her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live. It was her mother's diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her.
Vivacious and plainspoken, lyrical and honest, Michelle Zauner's voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, and reread.
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Crying in H Mart
From the indie rock sensation known as Japanese Breakfast, an unforgettable memoir about family, food, grief, love, and growing up Korean American—“in losing her mother and cooking to bring her back to life, Zauner became herself” (NPR).
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother's tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food.
As she grew up, moving to the East Coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, and performing gigs with her fledgling band—and meeting the man who would become her husband—her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live. It was her mother's diagnosis of terminal cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her.
Vivacious and plainspoken, lyrical and honest, Zauner's voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, and complete with family photos, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, and reread.
