The Book of Salt

Author(s): Monique Truong

Location(s): Belley, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Paris

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): 1920s, 1930s

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Saigon in the 20s, Paris in the 30s, this is the story of loss and exile. Paris in the household of Gertrude Stein, and Saigon the homeland. A touchingly evocative novel.

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