{"product_id":"mzon-9780345813800","title":"Mãn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA triumph of poetic beauty and a moving meditation on how love and food are inextricably entwined, \u003ci\u003eMãn\u003c\/i\u003e is a seductive and luminous work of literature from Kim Thúy, whose first book, \u003ci\u003eRu\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, received a Governor General's Literary Award and won the nationwide book competition Canada Reads.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e Mãn has three mothers: the one who gives birth to her in wartime, the nun who plucks her from a vegetable garden, and her beloved Maman, who becomes a spy to survive. Seeking security for her grown daughter, Maman finds Mãn a husband--a lonely Vietnamese restaurateur who lives in Montreal. Thrown into a new world, Mãn discovers her natural talent as a chef. Gracefully she practices her art, with food as her medium. She creates dishes that are much more than sustenance for the body: they evoke memory and emotion, time and place, and even bring her customers to tears. Mãn is a mystery--her name means \"perfect fulfillment,\" yet she and her husband seem to drift along, respectfully and dutifully. But when she encounters a married chef in Paris, everything changes in the instant of a fleeting touch, and Mãn discovers the all-encompassing obsession and ever-present dangers of a love affair. Full of indelible images of beauty, delicacy and quiet power, \u003ci\u003eMãn\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that begs to be savoured for its language, its sensuousness and its love of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Books Canada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345813800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/27\/2015\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kim Th\u0026#195;\u0026#186;y","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45111853383861,"sku":"9780345813800","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e5275882-11fd-464d-8b51-33202424a7a2.jpg?v=1739887343","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mzon-9780345813800","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}