The always elegant Rosa ends the year in grand style
Named a Best Novel of 2011 by the Los Angeles Public Library
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year
Named a Favorite Read in 2011 by:
Helen Oyeyemi (in the Wall Street Journal); David Anthony (author of Something for Nothing);
Roxanne Coady (in the Huffington Post); Largehearted Boy
An Indie Next List Pick A Times-Picayune December "Hot Read"
"[A] humorous novel with sharp observations about the machinations of a monstrous mother." (Kirkus Reviews)
"'The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine' puts bite in Soviet satire" (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
"A surprisingly winning story of hardship and resilience." (The New Yorker)
"[Rose is] one of the most fascinating women in the world." (The Millions)
"A masterful study in delusion" (The Financial Times)
"A rich, funny and unspeakably delicious novel" (Bookslut)
"Sharp writing and desperate humor." (Ms. Magazine)
"Bronsky's great gift is humor." (Los Angeles Times)
"Mordantly funny." (San Francisco Chronicle)
"Extremely entertaining." (Rain Taxi)
THE HOTTEST DISHES OF THE TARTAR CUISINE
By Alina Bronsky
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What can you really expect?
"How can I explain my fascination with this book?...It’s totally over-the-top....Rosa's megalomania has disastrous effects on the people in her life...it's a true tragicomedy...it’s funny, in a thoroughly disturbing way...It reminded me of Voltaire’s Candide...God, I was planning on this being a weekend cooking post."—A Reader