Sweetbitter

Zusatztext “Brilliantly written… Sweetbitter is the Kitchen Confidential of our time.” —Gabrielle Hamilton! author of  Blood! Bones & Butter  and  Prune!  New York Times Book Review “Danler’s sexy! astute debut is really a love story about the addictive pull of restaurant life… Anyone who’s ever tied on an apron will think! “Finally! someone wrote a book about us.” And nailed it.” — People  (book of the week) “An unpretentious! truth-dealing novel… about hunger of every variety. Ms. Danler is a sensitive observer… and gifted commenter on many things. Sweetbitter is going to make a lot of people hungry.” —Dwight Garner! New York Times   “… perfectly captures the raw possibility of a young woman’s first year in New York! opening up to a whole new world of wine! food! love and heartbreak.” —Mackenzie Dawson!  New York Post       "...a raw! shucked! pungent! wild love story." — Marie Claire   "Danler... quickly draws you into the sparkling surfaces and the shadowy underbelly of the city... [Tess's] insatiable hunger for tactile! sensual satisfaction dares you to tag along. The journey is high-minded and dirty! beastly and bountiful." — Elle   “Danler’s ravishing debut is like inhabiting the heady after-midnight hours of a city drunk on its own charms… [her] descriptions of food and drink go beyond mouth-watering! verging on orgasmic… a first novel [that] tantalizes! seduces! satisfies.” — Leigh Haber! O Magazine Informationen zum Autor STEPHANIE DANLER is a writer based in Brooklyn! New York. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the New School. Klappentext INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A thrilling novel of the senses and a coming-of-age tale! following a small-town girl into the electrifying world of New York City and the education of a lifetime at one of the most exclusive restaurants in Manhattan. Perfect for readers of Kitchen Confidential and Blood! Bones and Butter. Twenty-two! and knowing no one! Tess leaves home to begin her adult life in New York City. Thus begins a year that is both enchanting and punishing! in a low-level job at "the best restaurant in New York City." Grueling hours and a steep culinary learning curve awaken her to the beauty of oysters! the finest Champagnes! the appellations of Burgundy. At the same time! she opens herself to friendships-and love-set against the backdrop of dive bars and late nights. As her appetites sharpen-for food and wine! but also for knowledge! experience! and belonging-Tess is drawn into a darkly alluring love triangle that will prove to be her most exhilarating and painful lesson of all. Stephanie Danler deftly conjures the nonstop and purely adrenalized world of the restaurant-conversations interrupted! phrases overheard! and suggestions below the surface. Evoking the infinite possibility of being young in New York with heart-stopping accuracy! Sweetbitter is ultimately about the power of what remains after disillusionment! and the wisdom that comes from experience! sweet and bitter. I You will develop a palate. A palate is a spot on your tongue where you remember. Where you assign words to the textures of taste. Eating becomes a discipline, language-­obsessed. You will never simply eat food again. I don’t know what it is exactly, being a server. It’s a job, certainly, but not exclusively. There’s a transparency to it, an occupation stripped of the usual ambitions. One doesn’t move up or down. One waits. You are a waiter. It is fast money—­loose, slippery bills that inflate and disappear over the course of an evening. It can be a means, to those with concrete ends and unwavering vision. I grasped most of that easily enough when I was hired at the restaurant at twenty-­two. Some of it was a dra...

Product details

• Authors: Stephanie Danler
• Publisher: Knopf
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9780451493354
• ISBN: 978-0-451-49335-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 213 mm x 27 mm
• Series: ALFRED A. KNOPF
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature