Monique T D Truong

Monique T D Truong book reviews

• The Book of Salt

  Great idea, but then I lost interest

  by Beatrice, Feb 7, 2008

  I found the idea of the book intriguing (story of an Asian chef's hard life till he gets hired in Paris by Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein) but did not enjoy the way it unfolded. Ultimately, I got ... Read More

• The Book of Salt

  sad and moving

  by Sebastienne, May 11, 2007

  I couldn?t care less about Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, but I cared very much about their Vietnamese cook, Binh, who narrates this fictional story. While the author?s time-shifting is a little ... Read More