{"product_id":"the-cook-paperback-1","title":"The Cook - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaylis De Kerangal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSam Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A slim, bountiful, beautifully written (and gorgeously translated) 'Portrait of the Chef as a Young Man.'\" --Nancy Klinke, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of BBC Culture's Ten Books to Read this March and \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e Book Club Pick for March\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaylis de Kerangal follows up her acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eThe Heart \u003c\/i\u003ewith a dissection of the world of a young Parisian chef\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore like a poetic biographical essay on a fictional person than a novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Cook \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Cook\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaylis de Kerangal\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several novels in French, including\u003ci\u003e Naissance d'un pont\u003c\/i\u003e (published in English as \u003ci\u003eBirth of a Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Prix Franz Hessel and Prix Médicis in 2010). She has also published a story collection, and a novella, \u003ci\u003eTangente vers l'est\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the 2012 Prix Landerneau). In 2014, \u003ci\u003eRéparer les vivants\u003c\/i\u003e was published to wide acclaim and won the Grand Prix RTL-Lire and the Student Choice Novel of the Year from France Culture and Télérama. Its English translation, \u003ci\u003eThe Heart\u003c\/i\u003e (FSG, 2016), was one of \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's Ten Best Fiction Works of 2016 and was the winner of the 2017 Wellcome Book Prize. She lives in Paris, France. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Taylor \u003c\/b\u003ehas written for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e. He translated Maylis de Kerangal's \u003ci\u003eThe Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the award-winning \u003ci\u003eHHhH \u003c\/i\u003eby Laurent Binet and the internationally bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair\u003c\/i\u003e by Joel Dicker.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.2 x 4.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47240482390265,"sku":"9781250251152","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Rjl3YSthQVNUUXprdUtzYldBNlMvQT09.webp?v=1768570417","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-cook-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}