The Book of Salt
$30.64
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2004
Summary
‘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 re…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099455455 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099455455 |
| Author: | Monique Truong |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2004 |
| Weight: | 198g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 17mm |
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Critics 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
About The Author
Monique Truong
Monique Truong was born and raised in Vietnam, and moved to the US after the fall of Saigon. She was an intellectual property attorney in New York, but now devotes herself full-time to writing. Her short fiction and essays have been taught in universities across America. This is her first novel.
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