THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY

Book ID/图书代码： 09775008B20780

English Summary/英文概要： In this charming debut novel—a food lover’s dream—a middle‐aged chef, Hassan Haji, recounts his life’s journey, from his family’s modest roadside eatery in Mumbai to his elegant restaurant in Paris.
A tragedy at home in Mumbai pushes Hassan’s boisterous family into a picaresque journey across Europe. They ultimately settle opposite a famous chef, Madam Mallory, in the remote French village of Lumiere.
After a series of hilarious cultural mishaps, the grand French chef discovers, much to her horror, that the young boy cooking in the cheap Indian restaurant across the way is a chef with natural talents far superior to her own. A culinary war ensues, full of plot twists, pitting Hassan’s Mumbai‐toughened father against the imperious Madam Mallory, a battle royale that finally reveals to young Hassan his true destiny in life.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一位印度孟買小吃攤的廚師搖身變成米其林星級法式高級料理的主廚

一位食物戀者、年近半百的廚師Hassan Haji敘述著自己的人生旅程…從在印度孟買的家庭式的小吃攤到巴黎經營一間高貴幽雅的餐廳。
Hassan一家人原本在孟買經營小吃，一場突如其來的悲劇降臨，使得一家人必須離家流浪到異地歐洲。到了法國這個落腳地後，原想立即展開之前的小吃生意，但不料卻遇到當地的法國料理名廚Madam Mallory百般刁難，認為他們破壞當地飲食文化。結果就連Hassan不輕言放棄的父親，也束手就擒。不過就在兒子Hassan漸漸接下後餐廳後，Mallory內心發現對於Hassan卻有股莫名的恐懼，她以同樣身為廚師的直覺認定這位在廉價印度餐館的小廚師所擁有的廚藝天分更勝於自己。之後Mallory也盡棄前嫌決定收Hassan為徒，將所畢生學傳授給他，甚至將自己的法國高級料理餐廳交給他。
書中除了有精彩廚藝較勁的描寫外，當中許多因文化差異所造成的隔閡，也能讓我們從中有所領會，當然，最重要是關於小人物如何躍上大舞台的奮鬥經歷。(VL)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Richard Morais，在瑞士長大的美國人。富比士雜誌的資深編輯，並負責富比士家族企業論壇的業務。長年旅居國外的他，直到2003年時才終於回到美國定居。目前擔任富比士歐洲事務的主事人。THE HUNDRED FOOT JOURNEY是他的首部小說創作。此書先在2008年於印度發行，明年2010年美國出版集團Simon & Schuster旗下Scribner將發行此書的北美版。

Richard Morais is a Senior Editor at Forbes and chairs the Forbes Family Business Forum. An American raised in Switzerland, Morais has lived most of his life overseas, returning to the U.S. in 2003. He was stationed in London for 17 years, eventually becoming European Bureau Chief.

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