Paul
by Daisy Lafarge
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Pub Date 5 Aug 2021 | Archive Date 24 Aug 2021
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Description
A compelling and perturbing story of power, passivity and the cage of being 'good', Paul introduces a novelist of extraordinary perspicacity and lyricism.
Frances is a graduate student spending a summer volunteering in rural France, in the hope that tending vegetables and harvesting honey will distract her from a scandal that drove her out of Paris, her research unfinished and her sense of self unmoored.
At the eco-farm Noa Noa, she comes under the influence of its charismatic and domineering owner, Paul. As his hold over her tightens and her plans come unstuck, she finds herself entangled in a strange, uneven relationship. On a fraught road trip across the South of France, both are forced to reckon with uncomfortable truths.
Advance Praise
'Lafarge's prose is faultless. At first glance, Paul is charmingly readable. Look more closely, though, and you'll find something much, much darker and more sophisticated. Look a little longer and you'll be so hooked you won't be able to put it down' -- Betty Trask Award judges
‘I cherished this moreish, dreamy, hazy novel whose intelligence – about the shifting power of romance and withdrawal, language and silence, youth and age – never sours into cynicism. I know I will return many times to inhabit the world Larfage has written so exquisitely' -- Megan Nolan
‘A work of dark, shimmering genius that explores the toxicity of patriarchy with excoriating intelligence, verve and originality. It is somehow brutally contemporary and utterly timeless’ -- Rebecca Tamás
‘Lafarge brings scientific rigour and startling intelligence to this taut and lyrical novel’ -- Chloe Aridjis
‘As unsettling as it is captivating, Paul is a brilliantly subtle excavation of a toxic relationship’ -- Mark O’Connell
‘A brilliantly unsettling debut about male power and female passivity’ -- Bookseller Editor’s Choice
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781783786350 |
| PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |
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