Land of Milk and Honey

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Harry Hartog's review

This was not a book I would normally pick up. No part of me can understand why I bumped it all the way to the top of my reading list, but I am so glad that I did. I imagine this is what would have come out if Charles Boyle ever tried to write a book. Zhang's prose is beautiful and she absolutely loves her descriptions of food. They are littered quite frequently throughout the book, with the main premise revolving around the pleasures of food, but they're just so good. Almost to the point where you can vividly taste the words on the page. If you're looking for a new sci-fi dystopia that's centred around the joys of food, this is probably the only book for you. - Nathan, Harry Hartog Macquarie



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FROM THE BOOKER-LONGLISTED AUTHOR OF HOW MUCH OF THESE HILLS IS GOLD

A rapturous novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the world

'A rich novel of ideas' GUARDIAN
'A tasty treat' iNEWS
'A genius balance of page-turning and lyrical prose' INDEPENDENT
'A sharp, sensual piece of art. When I read I'm always searching for pleasure, for the want, and this book helped me feel something' RAVEN LEILANI
'It's rare to read anything that feels this unique. A richly imagined, ambitious, and haunting novel' GABRIELLE ZEVIN
'Truly exceptional' ROXANE GAY

A smog has spread. Food crops are disappearing. A chef escapes her career in London to take a job at a decadent mountaintop colony seemingly free of the world's troubles. There, her enigmatic employer and his visionary daughter have built a lush new life for the global elite, one that reawakens the chef to the pleasures of taste, touch and her own body.

In this atmosphere of hidden wonders and seductive violence, the chef's boundaries undergo a thrilling erosion. Soon she is pushed to the center of a startling attempt to reshape the world far beyond the plate.

Sensuous and surprising, joyous and bitingly sharp, told in alluring language, Land of Milk and Honey is a striking novel about food, sex and the intricacies of desire and longing.

Praise for C Pam Zhang-
'A blazing writer' Daisy Johnson
'Truly gifted' Sebastian Barry
'An arrestingly original writer' Sunday Times

ISBN:
9781529153675
Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
240
Published:
Publisher:
Cornerstone
Imprint:
Hutchinson Heinemann
Weight:
240 g