The cook
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
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First American edition.
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0374120900, 9780374120900
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100 page ; 20 cm.
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Adult Fiction (3rd floor)
F KERANGA, M
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
ISBN
0374120900, 9780374120900

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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 life.
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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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