Good Girl
A Novel
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Narrateur(s):
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Mozhan Navabi
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Auteur(s):
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Aria Aber
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“An exhilarating debut novel” (R.O. Kwon, The New York Times Book Review) 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
A girl can get in almost anywhere, even if she can’t get out.
“A no-bullsh*t, must-read debut.”—Kaveh Akbar
“Kaleidoscopic, full of style and soul.”—Raven Leilani
“Aber writes with . . . masterful precision.”—Leila 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 Aber’s splendid Good Girl introduces just such a voice . . . Aber, an award-winning poet, strikes gold here, much like Kaveh Akbar did in last year’s acclaimed Martyr!"—Los Angeles Times
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION
In 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.
Then 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?
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.
©2025 Aria Aber (P)2025 Random House AudioCe que les critiques en disent
“[An] exhilarating debut novel . . . Aber has published astonishing poems I’ve read dozens of times. It’s thrilling to see her turn major poetic gifts toward the sweep of this Künstlerroman.”—R. O. Kwon, The New York Times Book Review
“Open Good Girl to any page and you’ll be immediately arrested by the haunting beauty of her work and the way desire pushes against the seams of despair.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post
“[An] impressive debut . . . Aber writes with the masterful precision of an archivist.”—The Atlantic
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- Behzad
- 2025-04-24
A detailed, well-written & well-paced novel
As an Afghan refugee myself, I came to this book expecting much of the material from the title / description. I was pleasantly surprised by the author's deep command of language and literary style. The pacing is exceptional and Aria is able to weave through the many realities that her Neelab exists in masterfully. Neelab is Afghan, a budding intellectual, a young woman, a rave-girl, and more. The novel at times reminded of the writings of Herman Melville (when it veered from the plot into the philosophical) and at times that of Vladimir Nabakov (in that it made me forget my morals through beautiful prose). There is a lot that I can say about how well-written the novel was, but I think that similarity to Melville and Nabakov is praise enough.
It has been said that "in every first novel the hero is the author as Christ or Faust," though I would say that "Faust as the prodigal son" fits better these days than just Faust. Good girl, fits well within this "Faust as the prodigal son" category. It tells the story of a young girl, who makes a pact with the devil i.e. gives in to lying, chases clout (Marlow is tall, rich and high status), becomes an affair partner, etc. The remainder of the novel tells us of her pain, past and present, and this is meant to create empathy in us and to help us forget the original pact with the devil. It is one of the better novels that I have read in this genre, but the genre itself is overdone and in my opinion fundamentally flawed. In this vein, I hope that her next novel will be Faust if it is to be Faust.
Aria has the makings of a truly great Author. We Afghans certainly need a few more genuinely good authors. One Atiq Rahimi is not enough. I welcome her entrance into this role.
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