Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang Hardback Book 9781529153668

A rapturous novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and indirectly the worldA rich novel of ideas GUARDIANA tasty treat iNEWSA genius balance of pageturning and lyrical prose INDEPENDENTA sharp sensual piece of art When I read Im always searching for pleasure for the want and this book helped me feel something RAVEN LEILANIIts rare to read anything that feels this unique A richly imagined ambitious and haunting novel GABRIELLE ZEVINTruly exceptional ROXANE GAYA smog has spread Food crops are disappearing A chef escapes her career in London to take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony seemingly free of the worlds troubles There 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 bodyIn this atmosphere of hidden wonders and seductive violence the chefs boundaries undergo a thrilling erosion Soon she is pushed to the center of a startling attempt to reshape the world far beyond the plateSensuous and surprising joyous and bitingly sharp told in alluring language Land of Milk and Honey is a striking novel about food sex and the...