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Author NDiaye, Marie, author.

Title The cheffe : a cook's novel / Marie NDiaye ; translated from the French by Jordan Stump.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  F NDIAYE, M.    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  F NDIAYE, M.    Storage
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FIC NDIA    On Display
 Manchester, Main Library - Basement Materials  NDIAYE, MARIE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Adult Fiction  FIC NDIAYE, M    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  F NDIAYE, M.    Check Shelf
Edition First American edition.
Description 287 pages ; 22 cm
Note "A Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
"Originally published in France as La Cheffe, roman d'une cuisinière by Éditions Gallimard, Paris, in 2016"--Title page verso.
Summary "A novel about a legendary French female chef--the facts of her life, the nearly ineffable qualities of her cooking, and the obsessive, sometimes destructive desire for purity of taste and experience that shaped her life. Continuing her tradition of writing provocative fiction about fascinating women, here Marie NDiaye gives us the story of a Great Female Chef--a chef who was celebrated as one of the best in a world where men dominate, and the way that her pursuit of love, pleasure, and gustatory delights helped shape her life and career. Told from the perspective of her former assistant (and unrequited lover), now an aged chef himself, here is the story of a woman's quest to the front of the kitchen--and the extraordinary journey she takes along the way."--Provided by publisher.
Subject Women cooks -- Fiction.
Cooking, French -- Fiction.
Male domination (Social structure) -- France -- Fiction.
Women -- Conduct of life -- Fiction.
Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
France -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
Novels.
Added Author Stump, Jordan, 1959- translator.
Added Title Cheffe, roman d'une cuisinière. English
Other Form: Online version: NDiaye, Marie, author. Cheffe First American edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019 9780525520481 (DLC) 2019013397
ISBN 9780525520474 (hardback)
0525520473 (hardback)
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