Literature

The Butcher’s Book

Hendrik Dierendonck

Hendrik and his father Raymond Dierendonck have grown in recent years into the benchmark for everything to do with meat. They supply only the highest quality and are followed by any number of top chefs. Dierendonck is one of the pioneers of the international ‘nose-to-tail’ philosophy, in which literally every part of the slaughtered animal is utilised. Enjoy the most delicious classic cuts from the butcher’s counter; wonder at the craft and skill of the butcher; and learn to process and prepare meat in the Dierendonck style from the dozens of adventurous and timeless recipes in this book. The Butcher’s Book has grown into a true cult publication in recent years and has now been supplemented with more than 20 achievable, refined recipes from his starred restaurant Carcasse.

The Lost Fragrance of Infinity

Moin Mir

In 1739, Qaraar Ali, a young craftsman from Delhi witnesses the destruction of his world as he has known it. His wondrous city where he found love, spirituality, the friendship of poets and philosophers becomes a desolate, scorching hell. From the embers of his past, a journey begins; one which takes him into the depths of Sufi philosophy. Traversing spectacular landscapes of a fading Mughal Empire, a turbulent Central Asia and Persia, a culturally retreating Ottoman Empire and declining Spanish influence, Qaraar Ali finds hope in the sacred geometry of the Sufis through which he attempts at rebuilding his life and rediscovering love. A deeply passionate love story imbued with spirituality, acceptance, compassion and redemption, The Lost Fragrance of Infinity gives a much-deserved voice to Sufism and its contributions to humanity, art, mathematics, mysticism and science.

Memories of the Memories of the Black Rose Cat

Veeraporn Nitiprapha, translated by Kong Rithdee

Not long before the Communist revolution, Tong, sent by his peasantparents in impoverished rural China to work with a relative in Siam, has risen to become a rice-trading tycoon in Bangkok’s Chinatown. Haunted by the dream of returning to his true home in China, Tong and his family are swept along by the torrents of history.

Memories of the Memories of the Black Rose Cat, the award-winning second novel by Veerapon Nitiprapha, is a generationsspanning family saga that explores the roots of the Chinese diaspora in Siam and how the tragedy of ruined love, maternal betrayal and futile ambition shape the lives of Tong’s clan members. All of this is played out against the backdrop of Siam’s mid-century social and political history.

9789463887946

Hannibal Publishers 9 x 10.625in. 256pp., 117 col., 7 b.&w. February 2022 $65.00/CDN$85.00 Hardback

9788186939888

Roli Books 5.5 x 8.5in. 332pp. March 2022 $24.95.00/CDN$32.95 Hardback

9786164510609

River Books 5.625 x 8.25in. 330pp. April 2022 $22.00/CDN$29.00 Paperback