Monique truong the book of salt

The book of salt is vietnameseamerican author monique truong s first novel. Toklas, artsy american divas living privileged, glamorous lives in paris. Truong tells us that a child born in saigon does not taste his mothers milk first but rather the salt on her nipple. Truong s stellar cast of characters includes gertrude stein and alice b. In her novel, truong uses the famous literary couple gertrude stein and alice b. The book of salt liane hansen speaks with monique truong, author of the novel the book of salt. Her novels are the sweetest fruits viking books, 2019, bitter in the mouth random house, 2010, and the book of salt houghton mifflin, 2003. Read the book of salt a novel by monique truong available from rakuten kobo.

Truong s writing does not stick to one particular timeline and often jumps between different moments in binh. Against the odds, she has made unsettling art from precisely such exotic cuttings and transplantings. Mar 31, 2003 the book of salt is a brilliant debut by a young vietnamese american, monique truong. Shes also a former refugee, essayist, avid eater, lyricistlibrettist, and intellectual property attorney more or less in this order. This 45page guide for the book of salt by monique truong includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 24 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Elegant, witty, intricate, and richly imagined, monique truong s book of salt isdare i say it.

Her first novel, the book of salt, was a new york times notable book and a national bestseller. Monique truong books list of books by author monique truong. The marvelous new novel by monique truong the book of salt, bitter in the mouth, a mixture of fact and imagination, is about the author patrick lafcadio hearn, but this book is. In the book of salt, monique truong portrays a unique view of paris in the 1920s. The book of salt is a 2003 novel by monique truong. Monique truong is an eminent vietnamese american author and novelist who rose to fame with her maiden venture, the book of salt. The story of the uprooted basket weaver is a parable for the kind of vessel that monique truong has fashioned in the book of salt. Truong was intrigued to discover that toklas and stein had had two indochinese men who cooked for them at two of their french residences. Monique truong s first book is one of the most sensual books i have read recently, in the proper sense of the word. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Born in saigon, south vietnam, monique truong came to the u. Monique truong biography childhood, life achievements. Readers guide for the book of salt published by houghton. Toklas cook book, servants in france, opens with the expected whereis.

Academically trained as an intellectual property advocate, truongs first love had always been writing. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Jul 01, 2004 the book of salt is the first novellength work by truong. Truong picks up that point of unknown and spins it into a novel about love, identity, home and food. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the book of salt. A novel monique truong livres passer au contenu principal. In monique truongs novel the book of salt, the vietnamese author borrows the image of salt to depict binhs overwhelmingly salty life. Toklas cook book that inspired the book of salt, a brilliant first novel by acclaimed vietnamese american writer monique truong. Her first novel, the book of salt houghton mifflin, 2003, was a national bestseller and the recipient of the new york public library young lions fiction award, bard fiction prize, penrobert w.

Her first novel, the book of salt, a national bestseller, was awarded the 2003 bard fiction prize, the stonewall book awardbarbara gittings literature award, and the young lions fiction award, among other honors. The book of salt by monique truong freebooksummary. The book of salt by monique truong about the book about the author an interview with monique truong about the book monique truongs debut novel, the book of salt houghton mifflin, april 2003, is a true literary feast. She graduated from yale university and the columbia university. Her first novel, the book of salt, a national bestseller, has been awarded the 2003 bard fiction prize, the stonewall book awardbarbara gittings literature award, and the young lions fiction award, among other honors. Monique truong was born in saigon in 1968 and moved to the united states at age six. Binh, a vietnamese cook, flees saigon in 1929, disgracing his fam.

Her short fiction and essays have been taught in universities across america. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the book of salt. A novel 9780618446889 by truong, monique and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Monique truong audio books, best sellers, author bio. The book of salt serves up a wholly original take on paris in the 1930s through the eyes of binh. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. The book of salt serves up a wholly original take on paris in. Truongs stellar cast of characters includes gertrude stein and alice b. A mesmerizing narrative voice, an insiders view of a fabled literary household and the slow revelation of. Toklas, as a background against which to tell her tale. Elegant, witty, intricate, and richly imagined, monique truongs book of salt is dare i say it. The heat of two bodies rubbing in a hammock at sea. An original take on paris in the 1930s through the eyes of binh, the vietnamese cook employed by gertrude stein and alice b.

Bingham fellowship, stonewall book awardbarbara gittings. Monique truongs debut novel, the book of salt, is narrated by a vietnamese man named binh who serves as the personal cook for those sapphic luminaries. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Monique truong is the vietnamese american author of the bestselling, awardwinning novels, the book of salt, bitter in the mouth, and the sweetest fruits. The protagonist, binh, is a vietnamese chef working for gertrude stein. Jun 15, 2004 the book of salt travels between past and present, vietnam and france, and we soon discover that the stories binh tells are subject to his revisions. The time period is the 1920s and 1930s and focuses on binh, a young, gay vietnamese cook living in frenchcolonized vietnam who must flee saigon. Monique truong was born and raised in vietnam, and moved to the us after the fall of saigon. The book of salt displays its authors supple imagination on every page. Monique truong is coeditor of the anthology watermark.

After the salty taste, salt leaves the sweetness in our tongue. The novel will certainly place her as one of the brightest young stars on the american literary scene. The book of salt is vietnameseamerican author monique truongs first novel. We know from history that stein and toklas had at different points two chefs from indochine. Elegant, witty, intricate, and richly imagined, monique truongs book of salt isdare i say it. This book is structured as a stream of consciousness narrative, in. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Monique truong puts a lot of heat in the book of salt. Apr 07, 2003 in the book of salt, monique truong portrays a unique view of paris in the 1920s. Binh the narrator is the main character of the book, whose story crosses continents, in an era that we are familiar with only from its bottledup version. Indeed, trying to find a platonic ideal of author photo made me recall my friend monique truongs portrait for her first novel, the book of salt. The book of salt travels between past and present, vietnam and france, and we soon discover that the stories binh tells are subject to his revisions. The book of salt is the first novellength work by truong.

The book of salt serves up a wholly original take on paris in the 1930s through the eyes of binh, the vietnamese cook em. Monique truong s debut novel, the book of salt, is narrated by a vietnamese man named binh who serves as the personal cook for those sapphic luminaries gertrude stein and alice b. The book of salt, her first novel, was inspired by a brief mention of an indochinese cook in the alice b. Readers guide for the book of salt published by houghton mifflin. To achieve those things, they have to experience the taste of salt. But her marion ettlinger portrait somehow embodied the novel in an artful, ineffable way. Toklas, and is supplemented by his memories of his childhood in frenchcolonial vietnam.

Monique truongs first novel, the book of salt, is a remarkably inventive fictional account of a vietnamese cook whom truong appropriated from several pages of the celebrated expatriate american. Truong has a talent that inspires awe, as well as eager anticipation of what she will give us in the future. Aug 29, 2019 the marvelous new novel by monique truong the book of salt, bitter in the mouth, a mixture of fact and imagination, is about the author patrick lafcadio hearn, but this book is. His story centers in paris in his life as the cook in the home of gertrude stein and alice b. Heat the book of salt by monique truong shanghai noir. Jun 15, 2004 the book of salt is the first novellength work by truong. The book of salt ebook by monique truong rakuten kobo.