The cook, Maylis de Kerangal ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor
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The cook, Maylis de Kerangal ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor
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The cook
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Maylis de Kerangal ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor
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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 lifeMauro, 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
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