Monique Truong

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born

Saigon, Viet Nam

gender

female

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http://www.monique-truong.com/

genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Monique T.D. Truong (born 1968 in Saigon, South Vietnam) is a Vietnamese American writer living in Brooklyn, New York. Truong left Vietnam for the United States in 1975. She served in the past as an associate fiction editor for the Asian Pacific American Journal, a literary publication of the Asian American Workshop based in New York City.

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Monique Truong's Books

Average rating: 3.48 · 3,333 ratings · 638 reviews · 5 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Book of Salt 3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 2,363 ratings — published 2003 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bitter in the Mouth 3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 884 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charlie Chan Is Dead 2: At Home in the World by Elaine Kim (Editor), Christina Chiu (Contributor), Peter Ho Davies (Contributor) 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Watermark by Barbara Tran (Editor), Monique Truong, Truong Khoi Luu 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1998	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kartika Review (Issue 15): Spring 2013 by Sunny Woan (Managing Editor), Jennifer Derilo (Nonfiction Editor), Eugenia Leigh (Poetry Editor) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The irony of acquiring a foreign tongue is that I have amassed just enough cheap, serviceable words to fuel my desires and never, never enough lavish, impudent ones to feed them.”
― Monique Truong, The Book of Salt

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“I was certain t find the familiar sting of salt, but what I needed to know was what kind: kitchen, sweat, tears or the sea.”
― Monique Truong, The Book of Salt

tags: asian-american, vietnamese, writing

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“Alcohol, I had learned, was an eloquent if somewhat inaccurate interpreter. I had placed my trust that December night in glass after glass of it, eager not for drink but for a bit of talk. ”
― Monique Truong, The Book of Salt

tags: alcohol, asian-american, vietnamese

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