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"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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A sharply subtle literary feast: the Vietnamese cook to Gertrude Stein and Alice B.Toklas reveals his fascinating story in a compelling novel that takes the reader on a strange journey from Indo China to Paris in the ‘30s
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- Publication date2004
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. Reprint. A novel of Paris in the 1930s from the eyes of the Vietnamese cook employed by Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, by the author of The Sweetest Fruits.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.Winner of the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction AwardA Best Book of the Year: New York Times, Village Voice, Seattle Times, Miami Herald, San Jose Mercury News, and othersAn irresistible, scrupulously engineered confection that weaves together history, art, and human naturea veritable feast.-Los Angeles TimesA debut novel of pungent sensuousness and intricate, inspired imaginationa marvelous tale.-ElleAddictiveDeliciously writtenBoth eloquent and original.-Entertainment Weekly. Seller Inventory # DADAX0618446885
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