Monique Truong

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  • Bibliography:
    3 Books
  • First Book:
    July 2004
  • Latest Book:
    September 2019
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Book List in Order: 3 titles

  • The Book of Salt

    A novel of Paris in the 1930s from the eyes of the Vietnamese cook employed by Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, by the author of The Sweetest Fruits.Viewing his famous mesdames and their entourage from the kitchen of their rue de Fleurus home...

  • Bitter in the Mouth

    From Monique Truong, the bestselling and award-winning author of The Book of Salt, comes a brilliant, mesmerizing, beautifully written novel about a young woman's search for identity and family, as she uncovers the secrets of her past and of history....

  • The Sweetest Fruits

    A Greek woman tells of how she willed herself out of her father's cloistered house, married an Irish officer in the British Army, and came to Ireland with her two-year-old son in 1852, only to be forced to leave without him soon after. An African...



Award-Winning Books by Monique Truong

The Book of Salt
2004 Bard Fiction Prize -- Emerging Writer
2004 PEN Literary Award -- Bingham Prize: Debut Story Collection
2004 Stonewall Book Award -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Monique Truong has published 3 books.

Monique Truong does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Sweetest Fruits, was published in September 2019.

The first book by Monique Truong, The Book of Salt, was published in July 2004.

No. Monique Truong does not write books in series.
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