The Book of Salt by Monique Truong [in AsianWeek]
A memorable debut novel (big month for debuts, no?) about the Vietnamese live-in cook for the legendary American expats Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, a young man with a complicated past in Vietnam and an uncertain future in 1930s France.
Review: “New and Notable Books,” AsianWeek, April 25, 2003
Readers: Adult
Published: 2003
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