The cook
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Taylor, Sam, 1970- translator.
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Main Flagstaff Public Library - Fiction
F KERANGAL, MAYLIS DE
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F KERANGAL, MAYLIS DE
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Book
Physical Desc
100 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
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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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kerangal, M. d., & Taylor, S. (2019). The cook (First American edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kerangal, Maylis de and Sam Taylor. 2019. The Cook. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kerangal, Maylis de and Sam Taylor. The Cook Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kerangal, Maylis de, and Sam Taylor. The Cook First American edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
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