The Book of Salt

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The Book of Salt is a critically acclaimed debut novel by Monique Truong that imagines the inner life of a Vietnamese cook working for Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas in 1930s Paris.

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instanceOf debut novel
historical novel
novel
author Monique Truong
awarded New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award
Stonewall Book Award
centralTheme class
colonialism
diaspora
domestic labor
exile
identity
language
memory
race
sexuality
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed
dealsWith French colonialism in Indochina
exploresPerspective colonial subject in Europe
queer Asian migrant
featuresCharacter Alice B. Toklas
Gertrude Stein
featuresProtagonistSexualOrientation gay
genre LGBT literature
historical fiction
immigrant literature
literary fiction
hasLGBTContent true
hasTitleMotif salt
involvesHistoricalFigures Alice B. Toklas
Gertrude Stein
language English
literaryStyle lyrical prose
nonlinear narrative
mainCharacter Binh
narrativePerspective first-person narration
nominatedFor Asian American Literary Award
Guardian First Book Award
PEN/Hemingway Award
notableFor imagining the inner life of a Vietnamese cook in 1930s Paris
originalPublicationYear 2003
protagonistNationality Vietnamese
protagonistOccupation cook
publisher Houghton Mifflin
settingCountry France
settingLocation Paris
settingTimePeriod 1930s

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Monique Truong notableWork The Book of Salt