Author: TRUONG, MONIQUE
Title: The Book Of Salt
Description: Vintage, UK, 2004. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780099455455 272 pages. Available Now. Book Description: 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. : Review: It is beautifully written, a cooking up of love and self to feed the devouring appetites of Gerturde Stein and Alice B. Toklas that is nothing less than a masterpiece of delicate and -naturally- existentialist hedonism. (Andro Linklater The Spectator): The Book of Salt reminded me of how thrilling really fine writing can be, and how rarely one sees it (Sarah Waters) : Book Description: 'The Book of Salt reminded me of how thrilling really fine writing can be, and how rarely one sees it' Sarah Waters Size: 12.9 x 1.8 x 19.9 cm. 272 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Paperback; ISBN: 0099455455. ISBN/EAN: 9780099455455. Inventory No: F244-1113.

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