Monica Truong

Biographical Materials

• Biography
• Chronology
• Critical Reception
• Works

Contextual Materials

• Political and Social Contexts
  • Orientalism in The Book of Salt
• Literary Relations

Style and Technique

• Image, Symbol, and Motif
  • Diaspora and Dispersion and Paul Gilroy's "Ship" Motif in The Book of Salt
  • Sampling Food
• Setting
• Characterization
• Plot and Structure
• Style, Genre, and Mode
• Theme and Subject
  • Sexuality in The Book of Salt
  • Différance
• Where to Go next
• Related Web Resources

Last modified 7 January 2005