Sweetbitter
Stephanie Danler
(Author)
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A thrilling novel of the senses and a coming-of-age tale, following a small-town girl into the electrifying world of New York City and the education of a lifetime at one of the most exclusive restaurants in Manhattan. - "Brilliantly written.... Outstanding." --The New York Times Book Review Newly arrived in New York City, twenty-two-year-old Tess lands a job working front of house at a celebrated downtown restaurant. What follows is her education: in champagne and cocaine, love and lust, dive bars and fine dining rooms, as she learns to navigate the chaotic, enchanting, punishing life she has chosen. The story of a young woman's coming-of-age, set against the glitzy, grimy backdrop of New York's most elite restaurants, in Sweetbitter Stephanie Danler deftly conjures the nonstop and high-adrenaline world of the food industry and evokes the infinite possibilities, the unbearable beauty, and the fragility and brutality of being young and adrift.
Product Details
Price
$18.00
$16.74
Publisher
Vintage
Publish Date
April 04, 2017
Pages
368
Dimensions
5.1 X 7.8 X 0.9 inches | 0.6 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781101911860
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About the Author
STEPHANIE DANLER is a writer based in Los Angeles, California.
Reviews
"Brilliantly written. . . . Outstanding."--The New York Times Book Review
"Outstanding." --Gabrielle Hamilton, The New York Times Book Review"Vivid and exquisite." --NPR "[A] heady first taste of self-discovery, bitter and salty and sweet." --Entertainment Weekly "Meticulously rendered." --Los Angeles Times "Ravishing. . . . It tantalizes, seduces, satisfies." --O, The Oprah Magazine "Smart, delicious. . . . A sexy, sweaty book of sensory overload." --The Washington Post "[Sweetbitter] is going to make a lot of people hungry." .--The New York Times
"A heady mix of youth, love, gastronomic delights and determined self-invention. . . . [Danler] is a writer of prodigious talent." --San Francisco Chronicle "A raw, shucked, pungent, wild love story." --Marie Claire
"Sexy, astute. . . . Anyone who's ever tied on an apron will think, 'Finally, someone wrote a book about us.' And nailed it." --People "This dynamite book is filled with the heart-wrenching indignities of self-discovery, and gives a gritty, inside look to the fast-paced, drug-filled, whirlwind scene of restaurant life." --Bon Appétit
