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The book of salt

Truong, Monique T. D. (Author). Boehmer, Paul. (Narrator). hoopla digital. (Added Author). Read by Paul Boehmer. (Cast).

Summary: "[He] came to us through an advertisement that I had in desperation put in the newspaper." It began captivatingly for those days: "Two American ladies wish…" It was these lines in The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book that inspired The Book of Salt. In Paris, 1934, Bính 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 his native Vietnam? Bính has fled his homeland in disgrace, leaving behind his malevolent charlatan of a father and his self-sacrificing mother. For five years, he has been the live-in cook at the famous apartment at twenty-seven rue de Fleurus. Before Bính's decision is revealed, his mesmerizing 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.

Record details

ISBN: 1982466324 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
ISBN: 9781982466329 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 24 min.)) : digital.
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Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: [United States] : Blackstone Publishing, 2014.
Distributor: Made available through hoopla

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:	Digital content provided by hoopla.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by Paul Boehmer.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.