The cook / Maylis de Kerangal ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor.
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. 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374120900
- ISBN: 0374120900
- Physical Description: 100 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition: First American edition
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Originally published in French in 2016 by Éditions du Seuil, France, as Un chemin de tables"--Title page verso.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the French.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC KERANGAL (Text) | 36015000233045 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Clemmons Branch | FIC Kerangal, Maylis (Text) | 0112522020406 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | F KER (Text) | 0020512192855 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | F KER (Text) | 900000000818725 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Madison Main Library | FIC KER (Text) | 30229101137619 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| McMillan Memorial Library | F KERANGAL (Text) | 34510000615375 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| North Regional Library | F KERANGAL (Text) | 31781065278804 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Pack Memorial Library | F KER (Text) | 0020512192863 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Robeson County Public Library | F KERANGAL (Text) | 34510000615383 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
