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The Book of Salt

by Monique Truong
The Book of Salt - Thryft
The Book of Salt - Thryft
  • Stonewall Book Award for Literature (2004)
  • New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2004)
  • Guardian First Book Award Nominee for Longlist (2003)
  • PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize (2004)
  • Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction (2003)
  • Rosenthal Family Foundation Award (2011)
  • Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Adult Fiction Honor (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Book of Salt

by Monique Truong
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ISBN: 9780618446889
Authors: Monique Truong
Publisher: Mariner Books
Date of Publication: 2004-06-15
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Queer, Asian Literature, LGBT
Goodreads rating: 3.53
(rated by 6138 readers)

Description

Binh, a Vietnamese cook, flees Saigon in 1929, disgracing his family to serve as a galley hand at sea. The taunts of his now-deceased father ringing in his ears, Binh answers an ad for a live-in cook at a Parisian household, and soon finds himself employed by Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.Toklas and Stein hold court in their literary salon, for which the devoted yet acerbic Binh serves as chef, and as a keen observer of his "Mesdames" and their distinguished guests. But when the enigmatic literary ladies decide to journey back to America, Binh is faced with a monumental choice: will he, the self-imposed "exile," accompany them to yet another new country, return to his native Vietnam, or make Paris his home?
 
  • Stonewall Book Award for Literature (2004)
  • New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award (2004)
  • Guardian First Book Award Nominee for Longlist (2003)
  • PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize (2004)
  • Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction (2003)
  • Rosenthal Family Foundation Award (2011)
  • Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Adult Fiction Honor (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.