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 ⓘ