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Land of milk and honey / C Pam Zhang.
"About a Chinese American chef who, lured to a decadent, enigmatic colony of the superrich in a near future in which food is disappearing, discovers the meaning of pleasure and the ethics of who gets to enjoy it, altering her life and, indirectly, the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593538241 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2023.
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| Subject: | Chinese Americans > Fiction. Cooks > Fiction. Dystopias > Fiction. Elite (Social sciences) > Fiction. Food supply > Fiction. Social classes > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Dystopian fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- Baker & Taylor
"About a Chinese American chef who, lured to a decadent, enigmatic colony of the superrich in a near future in which food is disappearing, discovers the meaning of pleasure and the ethics of who gets to enjoy it, altering her life and, indirectly, the world"-- - Baker & Taylor
Accepting a job at a decadent, mountaintop colony, a young chef, with the help of her enigmatic employer and his visionary daughter, is awakened to the pleasures of taste, touch and her own body until she is pushed beyond her boundaries in a plot to reshape the world far beyond the plate. - Penguin Putnam
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKÂ
Finalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award
Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Award
Longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize
Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, TOWN & COUNTRY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, ESQUIRE, ELECTRIC LITERATURE, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN AND MORE!
âOne of the most pleasurable, inventive reads of the year… fiendishly, deliciously fun."âSan Francisco Chronicle
"A profound exploration of human nature, the allure of pleasure and the choices we make in the face of adversity.ââNPR, "Books We Love"
âItâs rare to read anything that feels this unique.â âGABRIELLE ZEVIN, New York Times bestselling author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
"Land of Milk and Honey is truly exceptional."âROXANE GAY, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist
âA sharp, sensual piece of art.ââRAVEN LEILANI, New York Times bestselling author of Luster
The award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the world
A smog has spread. Food crops are rapidly disappearing. A chef escapes her dying career in a dreary city to take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony seemingly free of the worldâs troubles.
There, the sky is clear again. Rare ingredients abound. Her enigmatic employer and his visionary daughter have built a lush new life for the global elite, one that reawakens the chef to the pleasures of taste, touch, and her own body.
In this atmosphere of hidden wonders and cool, seductive violence, the chefâs boundaries undergo a thrilling erosion. Soon she is pushed to the center of a startling attempt to reshape the world far beyond the plate.
Sensuous and surprising, joyous and bitingly sharp, told in language as alluring as it is original, Land of Milk and Honey lays provocatively bare the ethics of seeking pleasure in a dying world. It is a daringly imaginative exploration of desire and deception, privilege and faith, and the roles we play to survive. Most of all, it is a love letter to food, to wild delight, and to the transformative power of a woman embracing her own appetite.
