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The Book of Salt

By Monique Truong

The Book of Salt Contemporary literature

The Book of Salt

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In a compelling novel that takes the reader on a strange journey from Indochina to Paris, the Vietnamese cook for Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas reveals his own fascinating story-Paris, 1934. Binh has accompanied his employers to the station for their departure to America. His own destination is unclear: will he go with his 'Mesdames', stay in France, or return to his native Vietnam? Binh fled his homeland in disgrace, leaving behind his malevolent charlatan of a father and his self-sacrificing mother. For five years, he has been the personal cook at the famous apartment on the rue de Fleurs. Binh is a lost soul, an exile and an alien, a man of musings, memories and possibly lies- Tastes, oceans, sweat, tears - The Book of Salt is a an inspired novel about food and exile, love and betrayal.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2004-07-01
Publication Date:
2004-07-01
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0099455455
ISBN13:
9780099455455
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
0
Weight:
173 g
Height:
131 cm
Width:
201 cm
Thickness:
22 cm

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