The Book of Salt: A Novel - Couverture souple

Truong, Monique

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0618446885 ISBN 13 : 9780618446889

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2004

Synopsis

Book by Truong Monique

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"A tour de force. Truong should take literate America by storm."

Kirkus Reviews, Starred

"A debut novel of pungent sensuousness and intricate, inspired imagination." -Elle Elle

"Both eloquent and original, The Book of Salt is a savory read." -Entertainment Weekly Entertainment Weekly

"...fascinating first novel.. Truong's birthplace...is evoked here with piercing yearning and authenticity..." -The New York Times Book Review The New York Times Book Review

"...seductive tale of exile, memory, sex, identity, language, the sins of colonialism and the social and cultural politics of food." -The Miami Herald The Miami Herald

"[The Book of Salt] displays its author's supple imagination on every page." - The Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles Times

"If Monique Truong's stunning debut novel, The Book of Salt, doesn't win as many accolades as Jhumpa Lahiri's The Interpreter of Maladies, then the literary world needs new lenses through which to view Asian-American literature." - Out.com Out Magazine

"...Food and story-lovers alike will delight in this beautifully written and spellbinding story." -The Baltimore Sun The Baltimore Sun

" Dazzling...An exquisite, lyrical, challenging and funny debut by a writer to keep an eye on." -San Jose Mercury News 10 Best Books of the Year

San Jose Mercury News

"This sumptuous debut weaves cooking, language, cravings, and cruelty around a pseudo-historical figure." -The Village Voice Top 25 Books of the Year The Village Voice

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Book of Salt serves up a wholly original take on Paris in the 1930s through the eyes of Binh, the Vietnamese cook employed by Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. Viewing his famous mesdames and their entourage from the kitchen of their rue de Fleurus home, Binh observes their domestic entanglements while seeking his own place in the world. In a mesmerizing tale of yearning and betrayal, Monique Truong explores Paris from the salons of its artists to the dark nightlife of its outsiders and exiles. She takes us back to Binh's youthful servitude in Saigon under colonial rule, to his life as a galley hand at sea, to his brief, fateful encounters in Paris with Paul Robeson and the young Ho Chi Minh.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0618446885
• ISBN 13: 9780618446889
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272