Land of Milk and Honey

A Novel

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Beschreibung

NATIONAL BESTSELLER<br><br>A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK <br><br>NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, HARPER'S BAZAAR, TOWN &amp; COUNTRY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, ESQUIRE, ELECTRIC LITERATURE, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN AND MORE!<br><br> One of the most pleasurable, inventive reads of the year fiendishly, deliciously fun." San Francisco Chronicle<br><br>"A profound exploration of human nature, the allure of pleasure and the choices we make in the face of adversity. NPR, "Books We Love"<br> It s rare to read anything that feels this unique. GABRIELLE ZEVIN, New York Times bestselling author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow<br><br>"Land of Milk and Honey is truly exceptional." ROXANE GAY, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist<br><br>Asharp, sensual piece of art. RAVEN LEILANI, New York Times bestselling author of Luster<br><br>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<br> 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 world s troubles.<br><br> 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.<br><br> In this atmosphere of hidden wonders and cool, seductive violence, the chef s boundaries undergo a thrilling erosion. Soon she is pushed to the center of a startling attempt to reshape the world far beyond the plate.<br><br> 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

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780593715871

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

17 x 152 x 236 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin US