The Book of Goose

Author(s): Yiyun Li

Fiction | Our Top Reads of 2022

Fabienne is dead. Her childhood best friend, Agnès, receives the news in America, far from the French countryside where the two girls were raised - the place that Fabienne helped Agnès escape ten years ago. Now, Agnès is free to tell her story. As children in a backwater town, they'd built a private world, invisible to everyone but themselves - until Fabienne hatched the plan that would change everything, launching Agnès on an epic trajectory through fame, fortune, and terrible loss.A magnificent, beguiling tale winding from the rural provinces to Paris, from an English boarding school, to the quiet Pennsylvania home where Agnès can live without her past, The Book of Goose is a story of disturbing intimacy and obsession, of exploitation and strength of will, by the celebrated author Yiyun Li.


Product Information

STAFF REVIEW

'The Book of Goose' is a weird and wonderful story that transports you to post-war France, following the journey of two girls who are in a strange and dynamic friendship that shapes their lives. It explores concepts of memory, grief, language and the power of constructing a narrative of your own life.

Perfect for fans of Ferrante and Moshfegh. Quirky and expressive!

—Lily from Brunswick Street Bookstore

General Fields

  • : 9780008531829
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Limited
  • : Harper Element
  • : 0.362
  • : 01 September 2021
  • : 2.2 Centimeters X 13.5 Centimeters X 21.6 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Yiyun Li
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 304