The cook

Title
  1. The cook / Maylis de Kerangal ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor.
Published by
  1. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Author
  1. Kerangal, Maylis de

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Additional authors
  1. Taylor, Sam, 1970-
Description
  1. 100 pages; 20 cm
Summary
  1. 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.
  2. Mauro, a young self-taught cook, finds his path in life through baking. From baking cakes as a child and cooking for his friends as a teenager, he travels around the world in a series of studies and jobs. Over the years he experiences a failed love affair, a successful business, and a virtual nervous breakdown. But at the end, Mauro rediscovers his hunger for cooking, his appetite for life.--Adapted from jacket.
Uniform title
  1. Chemin de tables. English
Alternative title
  1. Chemin de tables.
Subject
  1. Cooking > Fiction
  2. Paris (France) > Fiction
  3. Bildungsromans
  4. France > Paris
  5. FICTION / Cultural Heritage
  6. FICTION / Literary
  7. FICTION / Coming of Age
  8. Fiction
  9. Cooks > Fiction
  10. Novels
Genre/Form
  1. FICTION / Literary.
  2. FICTION / Cultural Heritage.
  3. FICTION / Coming of Age.
  4. Fiction.
  5. Bildungsromans.
  6. Novels.
Call number
  1. JFC 19-167
Note
  1. "Originally published in French in 2016 by Éditions du Seuil, France, as Un chemin de tables"--Title page verso.
Language (note)
  1. In English; translated from the French.
Author
  1. Kerangal, Maylis de, author.
Title
  1. The cook / Maylis de Kerangal ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor.
Publisher
  1. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Edition
  1. First American edition.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Language
  1. In English; translated from the French.
Added author
  1. Taylor, Sam, 1970- translator.
  2. Translation of (work): Kerangal, Maylis de. Chemin de tables.
LCCN
  1. 2018044068
ISBN
  1. 9780374120900 (hardcover)
  2. 0374120900 (hardcover)
Research call number
  1. JFC 19-167
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