My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a Convenience Store

from nmele

Perhaps many people will laugh at the aspects of Korean culture which Howe highlights in his memoir, but what I found most fascinating about this book is his portrait of the late George Plimpton and the literary magazine he made his own. Howe's reflections on immigrant culture, WASP culture and t...

from EmThomas

I thought this was a great little story about trying to make your way in the world and learning that, despite the strides you make, you are just a player of the game afterall. The writing seemed honest and descriptive enough to really pull me into the characters and places. I really empathized wi...

from TimBazzett

MY KOREAN DELI never really engaged me. It had a kind of schizophrenic quality with its alternate sections dealing first with the purchase of the Brooklyn deli/convenience store and Howe's Korean immigrant in-laws, then with his editorial work at The Paris Review in George Plimpton's Manhattan to...

from frisbeesage

On the surface My Korean Deli is about the experience Ben Howe has owning a deli in New York with his wife and her Korean parents, but its really about so much more! In his funny, self - effacing way he talks about the issues his in-laws faced as immigrants, what it was like for his wife to grow ...

from Tanya-dogearedcopy

My Korean Deli: Risking it all for a Convenience Store by Ben Ryder Howe; narrated by Bronson Pinchot) 8 hours, 52 minutes (p) 2011, Blackstone Audio, Inc. The author and his Korean wife buy a deli for her mother as a grand gesture of gratitude on behalf of the daughter. The mother-in-law, Kay, ...