Richard C. Morais

It is a time of reckoning for José María Álvarez, an aristocratic Spanish banker living in a Swiss village with his American wife. Nearing the end of a long and tumultuous life, he's overcome by hallucinatory memories of the past. Among his most cherished memories are those of his boyhood in 1950s Franco-era Spain and the bucolic afternoons he spent salmon fishing on the Sella River with his father, uncle, and much-loved younger brother. But these fond reveries are soon eclipsed by something greater. José's regrets and dark family secrets are flooding back, as is the devastating tragedy that drove José into exile and makes him bear the burden of a soul-deep guilt.

The Man with No Borders

Follows the life journey of chef Hassan Haji, who progresses from his family's modest restaurant in Mumbai to master haute cuisine in an elegant Parisian restaurant.

A Novel

The Hundred-Foot Journey

The story of Hassan Haji, a boy from Mumbai who embarks, along with his boisterous family, on a picaresque journey first to London and then across Europe, before they ultimately open a restaurant opposite a famous chef, Madame Mallory, in the remote French village of Lumiere. A culinary war ensues."

Hundred-Foot Journey

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Boken bakom Lasse Hallströms biosuccé! En fransk curry är en hänförande fantasifull berättelse om en ung kock vars ovanliga förmågor leder honom från Bombays slum till Paris avenyer. Kärleken till god mat får den stora familjen Haji att trotsa fattigdomen och starta restaurang i Bombays finare kvarter. Men alla ser inte välvilligt på deras klassresa och snart tvingar en tragedi dem att fly landet. När de senare, i en fransk alpby, råkar öppna sin enkla indiska servering mittemot en prisad lyxrestaurang står katastrofen åter för dörren. Den unge Hassan Haji är en virtous i köket, men stjärnkocken Madame Mallory skyr inga medel för att driva bort familjen, något som dock visar sig bli Hassans biljett till Paris och hans chans att öppna en egen gourmetrestaurang. En fransk curry är en tidlös berättelse om ödets oundviklighet, kärleken till god mat och hur nära det kan vara mellan fiende och vän. Med ett mustigt, vackert språk skildrar Richard Morais skillnaderna mellan kulturer och livsvillkor genom olikheterna mellan det indiska och det franska köket. Som en av USA:s mest erfarna utlandskorrespondenter är han känd för sina levande beskrivningar. "En charmig roman, som att Slumdog Millionaire möter Råttatouille." The New York Times "En så välskriven bok att den blir till en gastronomisk upplevelse."Washington Post "Författaren lyckas förvandla den gastronomiska läsupplevelsen till enengagerande gestaltning av kulturkrockar, vänskap och hårt arbete." Bibliotekstjänst "En mycket charmig bok som man gärna sträckläser." Östgöta Corren "Bästsäljande roman om den unge kocken Hassan Haji!" Vi läser

En fransk curry - 100 steg från Bombay till Paris

A lively meditation on cross-cultural acceptance through the story of a reclusive Buddhist monk and his eccentric New York flock Oda's boyhood is spent fishing in clear mountain streams, picking plums, and helping his parents run the family's village inn on the slopes of Mount Nagata. But at age eleven, his parents hand him over to the monks at the nearby Buddhist monastery. Separated from his family and deeply lonely, the acolyte adjusts to monastic life by devoting himself to painting, poetry and prayer-and avoiding human contact. This safe and quiet existence is unexpectedly upended, however, when he reaches middle age and is ordered by his superior to open a temple in Brooklyn. Now, Reverend Oda must spiritually lead the ragtag army of eccentric New York Buddhists. This motley crew and their misguided practices provide for a host of hilarious cultural misunderstandings and mishaps. But when tragedy strikes, Oda's rigid worldview is shattered and he finally understands his own long-buried sadness and personal shortcomings. It is only when he comes to appreciate the Americans, flaws and all, that Oda finds in Brooklyn the home he has always sought. Lively and vivid, Buddhaland Brooklyn is a meditation on the meaning and rewards of true acceptance.

Buddhalan Brroklyn

Kate Morton

Alice Hoffman

Kimberley Freeman

Anuradha Roy

Samuel Park

Annia Ciezadlo

Christina Meldrum

Wanderlust: A Book Club Sampler from Simon & Schuster is your boarding pass to the beautiful, the mysterious, and the unknown. This book club sampler was created to pay homage to a book’s unique ability to transport your imagination around the world, taking you on journeys across distance and time. Whether you’re in the mood for a historical love story set on a sheep station in rural Australia or an illuminating memoir of life in the war-torn Middle East, these are books you and your reading group won’t want to miss: Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War by Annia Ciezadlo, Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman, The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman, Amaryllis in Blueberry by Christina Meldrum, The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais, The Distant Hours by Kate Morton, This Burns My Heart by Samuel Park, An Atlas of Impossible Longing by Anuradha Roy. Each excerpt in Wanderlust is accompanied by a collection of bonus materials intended to enrich your reading experience, including discussion questions, suggestions for enhancing your book club meeting, and author interviews. In the spirit of looking to the horizon, we also asked each author featured in this sampler one question: “What is your favorite travel memory?” Their answers are fittingly diverse—from Christina Meldrum’s summers spent at a family cottage in Lake Margrethe, Michigan, to Alice Hoffman’s inspirational first trip to Masada, the setting of her epic new novel The Dovekeepers. Anuradha Roy, the author of An Atlas of Impossible Longing, describes the lure of armchair travel best: “All readers…carry within themselves sediments of the places they have traveled to in books, the people they’ve met on the way. Therefore the strange déjà vu is when you land in a foreign country and wonder if you’ve been there before.” So, sit back, relax, and get ready for the trip of a lifetime. Bon Voyage!

A Book Club Sampler from Simon & Schuster

Wanderlust

"From the writer whose debut sleeper, The Hundred-Foot Journey, charmed readers in the United States and around the world (18 countries and counting) comes another modern day fairytale also about a man who finds his true calling while living in a foreignland"--

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