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Good girl : a novel / Aria Aber.
"In Berlin's artistic underground, where drugs and techno fill warehouses still pockmarked from the wars of the twentieth century, nineteen-year-old Nila at last finds her tribe. Born in Germany to Afghan refugees, raised in public housing graffitied with swastikas, drawn to philosophy, photography, and sex, Nila has spent her adolescence disappointing her family while searching for her voice as a young woman and artist. Then in the haze of Berlin's legendary night life, Nila meets Marlowe, an American writer whose fading literary celebrity opens her eyes to a life of personal and artistic freedom. As Nila finds herself pulled further into Marlowe's controlling orbit, ugly, barely submerged racial tensions begin to roil Germany-and Nila's family and community. After a year of running from her future, Nila's stops to ask herself the most important question: who does she want to be?"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593731116 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 348 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Hogarth, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
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| Subject: | Families > Fiction. Identity (Psychology) > Fiction. Refugees > Afghanistan > Fiction. Young women > Fiction. Berlin (Germany) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Bildungsromans. Psychological fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Aber | 31681010401966 | FICTION | In transit | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"In Berlin's artistic underground, where drugs and techno fill warehouses still pockmarked from the wars of the twentieth century, nineteen-year-old Nila at last finds her tribe. Born in Germany to Afghan refugees, raised in public housing graffitied with swastikas, drawn to philosophy, photography, and sex, Nila has spent her adolescence disappointing her family while searching for her voice as a young woman and artist. Then in the haze of Berlin's legendary night life, Nila meets Marlowe, an American writer whose fading literary celebrity opens her eyes to a life of personal and artistic freedom. As Nila finds herself pulled further into Marlowe's controlling orbit, ugly, barely submerged racial tensions begin to roil Germany--and Nila's family and community. After a year of running from her future, Nila's stops to ask herself the most important question: who does she want to be?"-- - Baker & Taylor
Nila, a nineteen-year-old German-Afghan, explores art, philosophy and freedom In Berlinâs vibrant underground, but must confront rising racial tensions and her own identity after falling under the influence of a controlling American writer. - Random House, Inc.
âAn exhilarating debut novelâ (R.O. Kwon, The New York Times Book Review) about the daughter of Afghan refugees and her year of self-discoveryâa portrait of the artist as a young woman set in a Berlin that canât escape its history
A girl can get in almost anywhere, even if she canât get out.
âA no-bullsh*t, must-read debut.ââKaveh Akbar
âKaleidoscopic, full of style and soul.ââRaven Leilani
âAber writes with . . . masterful precision.ââLeila Lalami, The Atlantic
"Once in a blue moon a debut novel comes along, announcing a voice quite unlike any other, with a layered story and sentences that crackle and pop, begging to be read aloud. Aria Aberâs splendid Good Girl introduces just such a voice . . . Aber, an award-winning poet, strikes gold here, much like Kaveh Akbar did in last yearâs acclaimed Martyr!"âLos Angeles Times
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMENâS PRIZE FOR FICTION
In Berlinâs artistic underground, where techno and drugs fill warehouses still pockmarked from the wars of the twentieth century, nineteen-year-old Nila at last finds her tribe. Born in Germany to Afghan parents, raised in public housing graffitied with swastikas, drawn to philosophy, photography, and sex, Nila has spent her adolescence disappointing her family while searching for her voice as a young woman and artist.
Then in the haze of Berlinâs legendary nightlife, Nila meets Marlowe, an American writer whose fading literary celebrity opens her eyes to a life of personal and artistic freedom. But as Nila finds herself pulled further into Marloweâs controlling orbit, ugly, barely submerged racial tensions begin to roil Germanyâand Nilaâs family and community. After a year of running from her future, Nila stops to ask herself the most important question: Who does she want to be?
A story of love and family, raves and Kafka, staying up all night and surviving the mistakes of youth, Good Girl is the virtuosic debut novel by a celebrated young poet and, now, a major new voice in fiction.
