Bitter In The Mouth

ISBN-13: 9780099474746 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 304 str.

Monique Truong

Opis

Growing up in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, in the '70s & '80s, Linda Hammerick knows that she is different. She has strong, almost paralysing associations between words & tastes, she doesn't look like everyone else, & isn't popular. She finds her way through life with the help of her great uncle and her best friend fat-thin-fat Kelly.

Recenzje

A mouthwateringly delicious read; it also snaps with irresistible wit. This could have remained a slender coming-of-age tale. In fact, it develops into one of real substance Daily Mail

O autorze

Monique Truong was born in Vietnam and moved to the USA in 1975 as a child, shortly before the fall of Saigon. Her first novel, The Book of Salt, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, was a New York Times Notable Book and was critically acclaimed ( 'a rich, poetic feast' Guardian; 'a tart delight' Scotland on Sunday; 'recalls Ishiguro or Pat Barker' The Times; 'highly original' Spectator). She lives in New York.