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Land of Milk and Honey
- Narrated by: Eunice Wong
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
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A rapturous novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the world
A 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 world's 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 body.
In this atmosphere of hidden wonders and 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.
Sensuous and surprising, joyous and bitingly sharp, told in alluring language, Land of Milk and Honey is a striking novel about food, sex and the intricacies of desire and longing.
Critic reviews
'Land of Milk and Honey is a sharp, sensual piece of art. Zhang writes about the appetites of the body, the uneasy coexistence of scarcity and plenty, and the pleasure and debasement of what is surrendered to survive. This is an incredible exploration of whether it is possible to preserve one's art when answering to a master that is not yourself.' (Raven Leilani)
'Ferocious, sensual, and all consuming, Land of Milk and Honey is both a heartsick elegy for a world we are on the verge of losing and vibrant homage to pleasure and appetite. This book swallowed me whole and spit me out changed in the best way: buzzing, astonished, and alive.' (Rachel Khong)
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- CL099
- 02-11-23
Don’t bother
The writing in this book is an example of the use of descriptions and metaphors gone too far. What should be simple depictions are tedious and create a never-ending monotony that weighs down the book. I'm not sure how the editor or publisher gave the book a stamp of approval unless they cared more about pretentious art than readers. I listened to the audiobook, but I understand the dialogue in the physical copy is in italics…. says it all. Is this the kind of work that wins awards these days?
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