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Karro by Jenny Mustard
Ferrante meets Kitamura in this taut and sensual contemporary reimagining of Anna Karenina that fearlessly searches for the woman at its heart, while fully transforming the story we thought we knew, from critically acclaimed novelist Jenny Mustard.
- Sale Date
- ISBN
- 9781638935490
- Page Count
- 304
- Language
- English
- Imprint
- Tin House
Meet the Author
Jenny Mustard
Ferrante meets Kitamura in this taut and sensual contemporary reimagining of Anna Karenina that fearlessly searches for the woman at its heart, while fully transforming the story we thought we knew, from critically acclaimed novelist Jenny Mustard.
On the cusp of her fortieth birthday, Karro has everything: a husband on the rise in London politics, a beautiful son, a luxurious Edwardian home, and money enough to waste her days on literature and the occasional dose of opium. When Karro falls into a consuming affair with a younger American artist, what begins as an awakening soon becomes a scandal, and society’s repercussions are immediate and severe. Karro's desires force her on a desperate pursuit of happiness—one that threatens to unravel not only her sense of self, but her entire existence.
Moving seamlessly between the high-society circles of London, Stockholm, the Côte d’Azur, and New York, Karro bravely revisits the age-old concept of the fallen woman and asks what it means to fall from grace today. An impassioned reimagining of Anna Karenina told in a first-person both tender and piercing, Karro is a psychologically astute and searingly honest portrait of a woman collapsing under the weight of motherhood and society's expectations. Like the wolf who chews off her own limb to escape, will Mustard's Karro be able to free herself before it's too late? And in our contemporary age, what shape might that freedom take?
On the cusp of her fortieth birthday, Karro has everything: a husband on the rise in London politics, a beautiful son, a luxurious Edwardian home, and money enough to waste her days on literature and the occasional dose of opium. When Karro falls into a consuming affair with a younger American artist, what begins as an awakening soon becomes a scandal, and society’s repercussions are immediate and severe. Karro's desires force her on a desperate pursuit of happiness—one that threatens to unravel not only her sense of self, but her entire existence.
Moving seamlessly between the high-society circles of London, Stockholm, the Côte d’Azur, and New York, Karro bravely revisits the age-old concept of the fallen woman and asks what it means to fall from grace today. An impassioned reimagining of Anna Karenina told in a first-person both tender and piercing, Karro is a psychologically astute and searingly honest portrait of a woman collapsing under the weight of motherhood and society's expectations. Like the wolf who chews off her own limb to escape, will Mustard's Karro be able to free herself before it's too late? And in our contemporary age, what shape might that freedom take?
Praise for Karro
“Karro is an ingenious contemporary nod to Tolstoy’s classic. Jenny Mustard gives us a gripping psychological exploration of family trauma, high-society performance, and the devastating cost of self-alienation.”
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“Karro is a fresh, lush, ferocious take on Anna Karenina that doesn’t just update the classic but sets it straight on key points, and not with animosity but with the loving frankness of long and intimate friendship. Beautifully observed and entrancingly written, it’s a book about pleasure that is made of pleasures, from brilliant parties to erotic love to the quasi-erotic love of solitary reading. It’s also wonderfully acute about social demonization and the mystery of mental illness. I fell in love with Karro from the first page.”
Sandra Newman, author of Julia -
“Jenny Mustard is a writer of extraordinary nerve and imagination. Karro is daring, electric, and alive with raw humanity. Mustard’s prose is visceral and utterly absorbing, her vision fearless and singular. A novel that crackles with intelligence and refuses to let its reader look away.”
Chelsea Bieker, bestselling author of Madwoman -
“Karro is a novel of rare emotional intensity—affecting and provocative. Karro is such a complex, flawed, and deeply human character, and Mustard has excelled in crafting a protagonist who resists simplification and demands engagement. With notes of Jean Rhys and Ottessa Moshfegh, but this is its own thing. An utterly controlled yet delightfully unhinged novel—it is bold, modern, unsettling, and exquisitely rendered. Karro is an exceptional achievement.”
Elaine Feeney, author of Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way
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