by Marie NDiaye · Suhrkamp Verlag AG · tapa dura · ISBN 9783518427675
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«Die Chefin: Roman einer Köchin» is the literary novel by Marie NDiaye, published by Suhrkamp Verlag AG in hardcover (332 pages, in German).
A woman of humble origins manages to open a restaurant in Bordeaux and receives a Michelin star. A former employee secretly in love with the chef reconstructs her life and career without fully revealing her mysteries: a kind of anti-biography about culinary art and human relationships.
Translation from French by Claudia Kalscheuer. Original title: La Cheffe, roman d'une cuisinière.
For readers of contemporary fiction, especially those who enjoy stories about cooking and social ascent.
Marie NDiaye is a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter. She published her first novel, Quant au riche avenir, when she was 17. She won the Prix Goncourt in 2009 for her novel Trois femmes puissantes. Her play Papa doit manger is the sole play by a living female writer to be part of the repertoire of the Comédie française. She co-wrote the screenplay for the 2022 legal drama Saint Omer alongside its director Alice Diop, and Amrita David. In September 2022, the film was selected as France's official selection for Best International Film at the 95th Academy Awards. The English translation of her novel The Witch, by Jordan Stump, was published in 2026 and was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
