The Resource The book of salt, Monique Truong
The book of salt, Monique Truong
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The item The book of salt, Monique Truong represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- In Paris, in 1934, Binh has accompanied his employers, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, to the train station for their departure to America. His own destination is unclear: will he go with "the Steins, " stay in France, or return to Vietnam? Binh fled his homeland in disgrace. For five years, he has been the live-in cook at the famous apartment at 27 rue de Fleurus. Before Binh's decision is revealed, his narrative catapults us back to his youth in French-colonized Vietnam, his years as a galley hand at sea, and his days turning out fragrant repasts for the doyennes of the Lost Generation. He is a habitue of the Paris demimonde, an exile and an alien, a man of musings and memories, and, possibly, lies. Love is the prize that has eluded him, from his family to the men he has sought out, often at his peril.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The book of salt
- Title
- The book of salt
- Statement of responsibility
- Monique Truong
- Subject
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- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Cooking
- Cooking -- Fiction
- Fiction
- France
- France -- Paris
- Gay men
- Gay men -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Household employees
- Americans
- Paris (France) -- Fiction
- Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946
- Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 -- Fiction
- Toklas, Alice B
- Toklas, Alice B. -- Fiction
- Vietnam
- Vietnam -- Fiction
- Vietnamese fiction
- Vietnamese fiction -- France
- Women authors
- Women authors -- Fiction
- Household employees -- Fiction
- Americans -- France -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In Paris, in 1934, Binh has accompanied his employers, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, to the train station for their departure to America. His own destination is unclear: will he go with "the Steins, " stay in France, or return to Vietnam? Binh fled his homeland in disgrace. For five years, he has been the live-in cook at the famous apartment at 27 rue de Fleurus. Before Binh's decision is revealed, his narrative catapults us back to his youth in French-colonized Vietnam, his years as a galley hand at sea, and his days turning out fragrant repasts for the doyennes of the Lost Generation. He is a habitue of the Paris demimonde, an exile and an alien, a man of musings and memories, and, possibly, lies. Love is the prize that has eluded him, from his family to the men he has sought out, often at his peril.--From publisher description
- Awards note
- Stonewall Book Award (American Library Association), 2004.
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Truong, Monique T. D
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Stein, Gertrude
- Toklas, Alice B.
- Stein, Gertrude
- Toklas, Alice B
- Vietnamese fiction
- Americans
- Paris (France)
- Women authors
- Household employees
- Vietnam
- Gay men
- Cooking
- Americans
- Cooking
- Gay men
- Household employees
- Vietnamese fiction
- Women authors
- France
- France
- Vietnam
- Label
- The book of salt, Monique Truong
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm51171724
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9780618304004
- Lccn
- 2002192152
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Label
- The book of salt, Monique Truong
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm51171724
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9780618304004
- Lccn
- 2002192152
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Cooking
- Cooking -- Fiction
- Fiction
- France
- France -- Paris
- Gay men
- Gay men -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Household employees
- Americans
- Paris (France) -- Fiction
- Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946
- Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 -- Fiction
- Toklas, Alice B
- Toklas, Alice B. -- Fiction
- Vietnam
- Vietnam -- Fiction
- Vietnamese fiction
- Vietnamese fiction -- France
- Women authors
- Women authors -- Fiction
- Household employees -- Fiction
- Americans -- France -- Fiction
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