The CheffeBy: Marie NDiaye "Marie NDiaye is so intelligent, so composed, so good, that any description of her work feels like an understatement" Madeleine Schwartz, New York Review of Books "Rich, meandering . . . NDiaye excels at luscious, forensic descriptions of the ritualistic preparation of food" Catherine Taylor, Mail on Sunday The Cheffe is born into an impoverished family in Sainte Bazeille in south western France, but when she takes a job working in