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Karro

By Mustard, Jenny

First published 2027

Ferrante meets Kitamura in this taut and sensual contemporary reimagining of Anna Karenina that fearlessly searches for the woman at its heart, while fully transforming the story we thought we knew, from critically acclaimed novelist Jenny Mustard. On the cusp of her fortieth birthday, Karro has everything: a husband on the rise in London politics, a beautiful son, a luxurious Edwardian home, and money enough to waste her days on literature and the occasional dose of opium. When Karro falls into a consuming affair with a younger American artist, what begins as an awakening soon becomes a scandal, and society’s repercussions are immediate and severe. Karro's desires force her on a desperate pursuit of happiness—one that threatens to unravel not only her sense of self, but her entire existence. Moving seamlessly between the high-society circles of London, Stockholm, the Côte d’Azur, and New York,  Karro bravely revisits the age-old concept of the fallen woman and asks what it means to fall from grace today.

Published
20 Apr 2027
Pages
304
Publisher
Tin House
Edition
Hardcover
Elsewhere
Open Library
  • Family
  • Drama

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