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The Book of Salt
By (author) Monique Truong
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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.
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Publisher | Vintage Publishing
Published date | 1 Jul 2004
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 272
Dimensions | 198 x 130 x 17mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 198g
ISBN | 978-0-0994-5545-5
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BISAC | fiction / literary
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480 pages
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