The Book of Salt by Monique Truong Paperback Book 9780099455455

In a compelling novel that takes the reader on a strange journey from Indochina to Paris the Vietnamese cook for Gertrude Stein and Alice B Binh is a lost soul an exile and an alien a man of musings memories and possibly lies Tastes oceans sweat tears The Book of Salt is a an inspired novel about food and exile love and betrayal