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Considering whether he will accompany his employers, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, to America, a personal cook remembers his youth in French-colonial Vietnam, his years as a galley hand at sea, and his days cooking for the doyennes of the Lost Generation. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.
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The Book of Salt, Monique Truong
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- 2004
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- Title
- The Book of Salt
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Monique Truong
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 0618446885
- ISBN13
- 9780618446889
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, History, Cookbooks, Food & Drinks, France, LGBTQ+, Food, Realistic Fiction, Paris, Loneliness, Homosexuality, Poverty, Father, Colonialism, Vietnam, Outsider
- Original title
- The book of salt
- Rating
- 3.5 out of 5
- Description
- Considering whether he will accompany his employers, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, to America, a personal cook remembers his youth in French-colonial Vietnam, his years as a galley hand at sea, and his days cooking for the doyennes of the Lost Generation. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.