Salt -- Food for Life

Author: [French] Laszlo Wu selects Hu Fang
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Publishing Date: 2004-01-01
Features: In the salt bottle, in the salt marsh, I see the grains of salt. Maybe you don’t believe it. But I know it’s singing. Salt is singing. After reading, readers will surely be as surprised as I am by the important role salt plays in history, economy, and philosophy. The descriptions in this book are convincing and highly readable. It is a short collection of essays, with each article focusing on a different aspect of salt. Long ago, people gave this tasty white powder all kinds of meanings. And each article in this book attempts to capture a unique meaning. Year after year, with the convergence of trends, the earth has become disheveled, water seeping out from every pore in all directions, unapologetically revealing itself in the sunlight. The shared passion has brought salt to the earth’s body, adorned with white traces left by the carefree, rushing currents; withered seaweed, sun-bleached shells, and foam that came from nowhere.