The Book of Salt: A Novel Paperback - 2004
by Truong, Monique
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- Paperback
"Drawing inspiration from a fleeting reference in the "Alice B. Toklas Cook Book" to two 'Indochinese' men who at one point cooked for Toklas and Gertrude Stein, Truong has concocted a delectable fictional memoir."--"Booklist."
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Details
- Title The Book of Salt: A Novel
- Author Truong, Monique
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 261
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date 2004
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0618446885I4N00
- ISBN 9780618446889 / 0618446885
- Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 8.26 x 5.58 x 0.6 in (20.98 x 14.17 x 1.52 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Cultural Region: French
- Sex & Gender: Gay
- Sex & Gender: Lesbian
- Library of Congress subjects Gay men, Historical fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002192152
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
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.
First line
OF THAT DAY I have two photographs and, of course, my memories.
Media reviews
Citations
- New York Times, 07/04/2004, Page 20
- Newsweek, 10/15/2007, Page 14