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The Book of Salt - Monique Truong
9780099455455
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Εκδόσεις Vintage - The Book of Salt - Monique Truong
Λίγα λόγια για το βιβλίο:
'The Book of Salt reminded me of how thrilling really fine writing can be, and how rarely one sees it' Sarah Waters
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.
Χαρακτηριστικά
Γλώσσα:
Αγγλικά
Εκδότης:
VINTAGE
Έτος:
2004
Σελίδες:
272
Συγγραφέας:
MONIQUE TRUONG
Ημερομηνία έκδοσης:
2004-07-01
