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portada The Cook [Idioma Inglés]
Type
Physical Book
Author
Translated by
Publisher
Year
2020
Language
English
Pages
1
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
18.3x11.4x1 cm
Weight
0.11 kg.
ISBN13
9781250251152
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The Cook [Idioma Inglés]

Maylis de Kerangal (Author) · Sam Taylor (Translated by) · Picador · Paperback

The Cook [Idioma Inglés] - De Kerangal, Maylis ; Taylor, Sam

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Synopsis "The Cook [Idioma Inglés] "

A slim, bountiful, beautifully written (and gorgeously translated) 'Portrait of the Chef as a Young Man.' --Nancy Klinke, The New York Times Book ReviewOne of BBC Culture's Ten Books to Read this March and The Rumpus Book Club Pick for MarchMaylis de Kerangal follows up her acclaimed novel The Heart with a dissection of the world of a young Parisian chef More like a poetic biographical essay on a fictional person than a novel, The Cook is a coming-of-age journey centered on Mauro, a young self-taught cook. The story is told by an unnamed female narrator, Mauro's friend and disciple who we also suspect might be in love with him. Set not only in Paris but in Berlin, Thailand, Burma, and other far-flung places over the course of fifteen years, the book is hyperrealistic--to the point of feeling, at times, like a documentary. It transcends this simplistic form, however, through the lyricism and intensely vivid evocative nature of Maylis de Kerangal's prose, which conjures moods, sensations, and flavors, as well as the exhausting rigor and sometimes violent abuses of kitchen work. In The Cook, we follow Mauro as he finds his path in life: baking cakes as a child; cooking for his friends as a teenager; a series of studies, jobs, and travels; a failed love affair; a successful business; a virtual nervous breakdown; and--at the end--a rediscovery of his hunger for cooking, his appetite for life.

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