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'A fascinating study of a difficult love' John Burnside, Guardian

Young Ismail's world centres around his mother.

Naïve and fragile as a paper doll, she is an unlikely presence in her husband's imposing house, with its hidden rooms and infamous dungeon. Yet despite her youthful nature, she is not without her own enigmas. Most of all, she fears that her intellectual, radical son will exchange her for a superior mother when he becomes a famous writer.

From the winner of the first ever Man Booker International Prize, this is a disarming story of home and creative ambition, of personal and political freedom. Rooted in the author's own childhood in Albania, it is dedicated to the memory of his mother.

'Laconic, sinister and drily funny' Spectator

The Doll

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'A fascinating study of a difficult love' John Burnside, GuardianYoung Ismail's world centres around his mother. Naïve and fragile as... Read more

    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 21/01/2021
    ISBN13: 9781784709327, 978-1784709327
    ISBN10: 1784709328

    Number of Pages: 176

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

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    'A fascinating study of a difficult love' John Burnside, Guardian

    Young Ismail's world centres around his mother.

    Naïve and fragile as a paper doll, she is an unlikely presence in her husband's imposing house, with its hidden rooms and infamous dungeon. Yet despite her youthful nature, she is not without her own enigmas. Most of all, she fears that her intellectual, radical son will exchange her for a superior mother when he becomes a famous writer.

    From the winner of the first ever Man Booker International Prize, this is a disarming story of home and creative ambition, of personal and political freedom. Rooted in the author's own childhood in Albania, it is dedicated to the memory of his mother.

    'Laconic, sinister and drily funny' Spectator

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