They Say Sarah

By Pauline Delabroy-Allard

Book Overview

Named a Best Book of the Year by PopMatters

A literary sensation in France, this poetic, thrilling debut charts the all-consuming passion between two women and the ruin it leaves in its wake.

A thirty-something teacher drifts through her life in Paris, raising a daughter on her own, lonely in spite of a new boyfriend. And then one night at a friend's tepid New Year's Eve party, Sarah enters the scene like a tornado--a talented young violinist, she is loud, vivacious, appealingly unkempt in a world where everyone seems preoccupied with being "just so." Thus begins an intense relationship, tender and violent, that will upend both women's lives.

In gorgeous, evocative prose, Pauline Delabroy-Allard perfectly captures the pull of a desire so strong that it blinds us to everything else.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1635429854
• ISBN13: 9781635429855
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Other Press (NY)
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.0"