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Madame Proust and the Kosher Kitchen

Marie Prévost is a contemporary Canadian who sets off for Paris to research Proust and escape a failed romance. Sarah Bensimon is a young Parisian Jew who marries into an orthodox family and takes refuge in her kitchen, recreating a kosher version of classic French cuisine. The third woman is madame Jeanne Proust herself, fragments of whose 'diaries' are recreated with impeccably researched detail - as she worries about Marcel, his late-night habits, his diet and his unsuitable friends.

All these strands are brought poignantly together - the new world and the old, the Seine and the St Lawrence, mothers and sons, outsiders and insiders - in this intelligent and beautifully judged debut novel.

Taylor's meticulously crafted novel is an impressive debut

Daily Mail

About Kate Taylor

Details
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • ISBN: 9780099441984
  • Length: 480 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 29mm x 130mm
  • Weight: 345g
  • Price: £8.99