| Genre: | Literature |
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| Language : | English |
| Published: | July 01, 2004 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
Paperback | |
| ISBN13: | 9780099455455 |
| ISBN10: | 0099455455 |
| Pages: | 272 |
| Dimensions: | 5.08 x 7.8 x 0.67 inches |
| Weight: | 191 g |
About the Book
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.