Min Jin Lee + David Henry Hwang in Conversation July 11, 2007

Min Jin Lee, author of the acclaimed debut novel, FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES (Grand Central Publishing, May 22), reads from and discusses the book with David Henry Hwang, the Tony-award winning playwright of M. BUTTERFLY and the OBIE-award winner for GOLDEN CHILD. FREE.

From the New York Times Book Review (Liesl Schillinger, July 1):

"It would be remarkable if she had simply written a long novel that was as easy to devour as a 19th-century romance — packed with tales of flouted parental expectations, fluctuating female friendships and rivalries, ephemeral (and longer-lasting) romantic hopes and losses, and high-stakes career gambles. But Lee intensifies her drama by setting it against an unfamiliar backdrop: the tightly knit social world of Korean immigrants, whose children strive to blend into their American foreground without clashing with their distinctive background. It’s a feat of coordination and contrast that could kill a chameleon, but Lee pulls it off with conviction."

Official Website: http://www.minjinlee.com