The Doll

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From 'a novelist of dazzling mastery' (Independent) and the winner of the first ever Man Booker International Prize- a novel about creative origin and aspiration, inspired by the author's own mother and his childhood in Albania

Young Ismail's world centres around his mother.

Naive and fragile as a paper doll, she is an unlikely presence in her husband's imposing house, with its hidden rooms and infamous dungeon. Yet despite her youthful nature, she is not without her own enigmas. Most of all, she fears that her intellectual, radical son will exchange her for a superior mother when he becomes a famous writer.

From the winner of the first ever Man Booker International Prize, this is a disarming story of home and creative ambition, of personal and political freedom. Rooted in the author's own childhood in Albania, it is dedicated to the memory of his mother.

'A master storyteller' John Carey

'Laconic, sinister and drily funny' Spectator

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781784709327
Published: January 2021

Number of pages: 176
Width: 128 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 11 mm

Publisher: Vintage Publishing