The Book of Salt
by Monique T. D. Truong
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In Paris, in 1934, Binh has accompanied his employers, Gertrude Stein and Alivce 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.
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Americans, Cookery, Cooks, Domestics, Exiles, Fiction, Gay men, History, Vietnamese, Women authors, Household employees, Cooking, Fiction, historical, Gay men, fiction, Paris (france), fiction, LGBTQ novels, Stonewall Book Awards, Fiction, historical, general, Vietnamese fiction, Roman vietnamien, Écrivaines, Romans, nouvelles, Employés de maison, Homosexuels masculins, Historical, BiographicalPlaces
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In deciding if he should accompany his employers to America, stay in France, or go back to his native Vietnam, Binh recalls his life in Vietnam, the jobs he's held since leaving there, and the people it has helped him meet.
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