Paul by Daisy Lafarge

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE

A NEW YORK POST BEST BOOK OF 2022

“A beautifully observed debut.” —THE GUARDIAN

Frances is in a period of transition. As an English graduate student in Paris, she is encouraged to leave after a scandal with her supervisor and former lover. Rather than return home, she volunteers on an eco-farm in the South of France, curiously named Noa Noa. She’s entranced by the farm and the small town it sits in, which seem to help her heal from her fraught past. Also of interest: Paul, the farm’s enigmatic owner, a middle-aged photographer who seems both wise and welcoming.

As Frances tries to get her bearings in this unfamiliar world, she finds herself grappling with her own demons as she navigates an almost hypnotic romance that threatens to overwhelm her, both body and soul. The more time Frances spends in this world, the more unmoored she feels, and the more her sense of self threatens to slip away.

With poetic prose that immerses the reader in the summer heat of rural France amid the building tension of Frances’s physical and spiritual turmoil, Daisy Lafarge, in Paul, asks the reader to confront questions about the behavior we accept from a male artist as she explores the constantly changing dynamics between men and women—and within ourselves.

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