by Monica Ali · Il Saggiatore · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788842815983
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«In the Kitchen» is the contemporary fiction novel by Monica Ali, published by Il Saggiatore in paperback (590 pages, in Italian).
Chef Gabriel Lightfoot runs the kitchen of a former luxury hotel in London. The discovery of a Ukrainian assistant's corpse in the hotel basement worsens Gabriel's life, marked by a sick father, a girlfriend who wants to marry, and a boss with illegal dealings; the Belarusian Lena, linked to that death, pushes the chef to change his course.
The Italian translation is by Grazia Gatti; the original work is from 2009.
Will appeal to readers of contemporary literary fiction and those seeking a story set in the world of cooking.
Monica Ali is a British writer of Bangladeshi and English descent. In 2003, she was selected as one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by Granta based on her unpublished manuscript; her debut novel, Brick Lane, was published later that year. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. It was adapted as a 2007 film of the same name. She has also published four other novels. Her fifth novel, Love Marriage, was published by Virago Press in February 2022 and became an instant Sunday Times bestseller.
