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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Heyday; First Printing edition (September 1, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1597141380
  • ISBN-13: 978-1597141383
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.4 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe story of one man with two souls
By ADD on December 7, 2010
Format: Paperback
I learned about Andrew through a friend of mine. She has chosen one of Andrew's interviews on NPR's All things considered for her English class at NYU and the UN. I asked her why. She only said I should read his works.
So I started with Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora, and one thing lead to another, I found myself devouring Andrew's second book "East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres". This is why I like this book in a nutshell.
1. I like Andrew's writing style: simple yet beautiful, insightful yet wickedly witty, soft yet daring...
2. I personally have similar identity factors mentioned in the book, and I feel that my thoughts were very well stated. As a Vietnamese growing up absorbing another culture, who thinks and feels differently from my parents, my people, I am glad that there is some body out there who shares it with me.
3. Andrew was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, as the youngest son of a Saigon's general. He grew up in a villa in the romantic city of Dalat, Vietnam, spoke French at school and Vietnamese at home, came to America at 11 and found himself turning American little by little... I guess this, and being a journalist in the Bay Area give Andrew the sensibility and the insight to feel, think and write about the differences between the Old Continent Asia and the New World America the way he does.
I hope to see more of Andrew's works in the future...
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4.0 out of 5 starsInteresting and Fun
By C. Alcorn on May 2, 2014
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This collection of essays was used in a Literature Circle for international students. They enjoyed reading it and were able to relate to the author's experiences. Interesting for so many reasons. The strange title is indicative of Lam's upbeat attitude.
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5.0 out of 5 starsHybrid culture
By thuy on December 12, 2010
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Andrew Lam's work weaves journalism and storytelling beautifully. Together the essays craft a new Vietnamese American identity that is invested in neither retrieving "authentic" culture or claiming America. His disposition is cosmopolitan, marked by hybridity, and Lam embraces contradictions wholeheartedly. His narrative transcends fixed notions of East and West while pointing to differences between the two, examines the world from a lens of privilege and of deep losses, represents the self as neither victim nor victor, and serves as a cultural map without being weighed down by the burden of representation. Lam's vision is shaped by the past, not beholden to it, and trusting of the future. I highly recommend it.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBrilliant
By Anora McGaha on December 4, 2010
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Andrew Lam is an NPR commentator. This is his second book of essays, following Perfume Dreams in 2005.

East Eats West is brilliant - shimmering with intelligence, perspective and imagination.

At times sensory and vivid, at others, sweeping in perspective, it felt like a tour on the back of a dragon weaving through time, ideas, dreams, culture, movies, smells and sensations; in and out of Lam's memories, thoughts and feelings, in, out and around Asia and America.

Here are some lines that jumped out at me.

"Vietnam, its language, its memories, are reduced to a kind of lullaby, which is to say, visceral and yet out of the quotidian of my life."

"Lee single-handedly brought the heroic Asian male image, long suffering from invisibility, onto the world stage, so how can I not weep at his passing."

"One summer afternoon many years ago I came home to rob my parents of their American dream."

"...to live in the Bay Area, where I am now from, is to live at the crossroads of a global society. It's many a tourist's mistake to define the place materially, and it is true that the things it is known for - arching bridges and grand ports and famed high-tech companies - evoke, in many ways, what often transpires here: the ability to span distances and transgress borders."

"To live in the Bay Area fully is to learn to see the many dimensions of the world simultaneously; where others hear a cacophony, the resident of cosmopolitan reality discerns a symphony. It entails the ability to overcome the paralysis that may be caused by many conflicting ideas, by finding and inventing new connections between them.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starspure
By pure as pre on December 11, 2010
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Lam writes with such clarity and insightfulness it's hard not to be deeply moved by his experiences. His exploration of identity through a variety of voices is extremely thought provoking, culturally illuminating, and touching. I look forward to Lam's continued literary endeavors.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Fairly Easy & Enjoyable Read
By Sher on October 6, 2013
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Almost anyone capable of reading will find something to enjoy in Lam's retelling of his journey from Vietnamese to American citizenship. One may read the chapters in order or skip around as each is a complete autobiographical experience.
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5.0 out of 5 starsCompelling and personal stories with a fluid, provocative edge, which keeps the pages turning
By Kevin7788 on December 31, 2010
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For me reading East Eats West was both satisfying and motivating. This book provides fresh views on the dynamic world we live in. These compelling and personal stories entice you to dive right in. And they're conveyed with a fluid, provocative edge, which keeps the pages turning right through to the end. Points that become obvious as you read may have in fact been contrary to those you'd been thinking. One of a kind perspective is something I find rewarding about Andrew Lam's writing. He challenges us with his views to think about where we stand, and maybe where we're going. You realize these are somehow universally relevant experiences which apply to all of us. This book contains ample evidence for ways that the wide, and narrow, world we live in is changing and challenging us all.

Through every day and historical individual experiences, Lam offers context for how we are being influenced by and influencing other cultures at the same time. Living in California, in America, or just watching TV, we see things every day that make us wonder how we fit into our ever shifting, interconnected world. Andrew's refreshing read on globalization and how a variety of societal trends may be reflected in our own lives is invigorating. These surprising, counterintuitive, sometimes funny, and sometimes sad essays almost always resonate with truths we're sometimes unwilling to acknowledge or even attempt to figure out.

The significance of this book is relevant to everyone who claims cognizance of what is going on around them every day in his or her own neighborhood, work, or personal life. There are insights in to what this all means to our definition of America, religion, politics, to one's self, family, food, and more.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsTouch hope

Lam's new book of essays about his experiences as a Vietnamese American is a treasure. His family stories are touching and his reflective essays challenge my assumptions.

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As a 24 year old Vietnamese-American aspiring writer from San Jose, California, I read 'East Eats West' and 'Perfume Dreams' and thought it was terrible, terrible that I discovered... Read more

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California's diversity is, of course, nothing new. Multiracial, multicultural, and multilingual--even if differences were not historically... Read more

Published on May 11, 2011 by Lisa
5.0 out of 5 starsGlobal Encounters

Andrew Lam's second book East Eats West (2010) is a prime example of cross-cultural analysis and a fantastically useful book for both individual use and as a classroom text at... Read more

Published on April 29, 2011 by Matt de Moraes
5.0 out of 5 starsSoulful Perspective

Great writing isn't about analysis, it's synthesis. Just as Lam's grand theme is to illuminate the evolving fusion of eastern and western cultural influences, his narrative weaves... Read more

Published on February 24, 2011 by victor wright
5.0 out of 5 starsA Master of the Personal Essay

I'm often disappointed in essays, as they tend to be too academic for my taste. The essays in East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres are everything the personal essay should... Read more

Published on January 9, 2011 by Patty
4.0 out of 5 starsGreat Intellectual Stocking Stuffer

A great intellectual stocking stuffer. I was memorized by Lam's clarity and transparent memory. His biting wit also offers charm to sometimes awkward subject matter i.e. Read more

Published on December 14, 2010 by robinski
5.0 out of 5 stars"Lam enlightens the mind while entertaining the heart"

I recently reviewed Andrew Lam's book, "East Eats West," for a newspaper and was pleasantly surprised by his amazing ability to "enlighten the mind while entertaining the heart. Read more

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