{"product_id":"good-girl-9780593731130","title":"Good Girl","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An exhilarating debut novel\" (R.O. Kwon, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) about the daughter of Afghan refugees and her year of self-discovery--a portrait of the artist as a young woman set in a Berlin that can't escape its history \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA girl can get in almost anywhere, even if she can't get out.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION - LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE - A BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: TIME\u003ci\u003e, Electric Lit, The Skinny \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A no-bullsh*t, must-read debut.\"--Kaveh Akbar\u003cbr\u003e\"Kaleidoscopic, full of style and soul.\"--Raven Leilani\u003cbr\u003e\"Aber writes with . . . masterful precision.\"--Leila Lalami, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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 Aber's splendid \u003ci\u003eGood Girl\u003c\/i\u003e introduces just such a voice . . . Aber, an award-winning poet, strikes gold here, much like Kaveh Akbar did in last year's acclaimed \u003ci\u003eMartyr!\u003c\/i\u003e\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Berlin's 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen in the haze of Berlin's 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 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 stops to ask herself the most important question: Who does she want to be? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA story of love and family, raves and Kafka, staying up all night and surviving the mistakes of youth, \u003ci\u003eGood Girl \u003c\/i\u003eis the virtuosic debut novel by a celebrated young poet and, now, a major new voice in fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aria Aber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hogarth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.91h x 5.11w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593731130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAria Aber\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Germany and now lives in the United States. Her debut poetry collection, \u003ci\u003eHard Damage, \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Prairie Schooner Book Prize and the Whiting Award. She is a former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford and graduate student at USC, and her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Raised speaking Farsi and German, she writes in her third language, English. She teaches at the University of Vermont as an assistant professor of Creative Writing and divides her time between Vermont and Brooklyn.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Aria Aber \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47579898183837,"sku":"9780593731130","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_87f992d8-00c2-4d7f-8db6-6f60e66557b5.jpg?v=1768898240","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/good-girl-9780593731130","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}