The Girl at the Door, Veronica Raimo
The Girl at the Door, Veronica Raimo
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The Girl at the Door
A Novel

Author: Veronica Raimo

Narrator: Nicol Zanzarella, P.J. Ochlan

Unabridged: 5 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/08/2019

Categories: Fiction, Psychological


Synopsis

While on vacation on an idyllic island called Miden, a seemingly aimless woman meets an attractive man and leaves her country to be with him. A few months later, newly pregnant and just beginning to feel comfortable in her lover's space, her life is upended when a girl arrives at the door.

Slight and pretty, the girl discloses a drawn out and violent affair she's had with her professor, the father of the woman's unborn child. In alternating perspectives, the professor and his girlfriend reflect upon their lives, each other, and their interloper. As the community gathers testimony and considers the case, the couple is forced to confront their own paranoia, fetishes, and transgressions in light of the student's accusations.

Provocative and unnerving, The Girl at the Door explores the bureaucracy of a scandal, and the thin line between lust and possession. In an age in which blunt power and fickle nuance take turns upon the stage, Raimo has delivered an intoxicating exploration of the politics and power of sex.

About Veronica Raimo

Veronica Raimo is the author of four novels, the most recent of which, Lost on Me (Niente di Vero), was shortlisted for the Premio Strega Prize and won the Strega Off Prize, the Strega Giovani Prize, and the Viareggio Repaci Prize. Her 2019 novel The Girl at the Door (Miden) was called "Darkly amusing . . . profoundly feminist" by Jezebel and "tight and provocative" by Salon. Her stories have appeared in various anthologies and magazines, here and abroad. She wrote the collection of poems Le bambinacce with Marco Rossari. She cowrote the script for the film Sleeping Beauty (2012) by director Marco Bellocchio. She contributes cultural articles to various Italian publications, and her translations into Italian include works by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Octavia E. Butler, Ray Bradbury, and Ursula K. Le Guin. Film rights to Lost on Me were acquired by Fandango and the book will also be published in the UK, France, and Germany.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Susan's Reviews on July 15, 2019

My thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. In The Girl at the Door, a young girl approaches the narrator (we only know the narrator as "Her"). Over cups of tea, the young girl accuses the narrator's lover - who was her professor - of......more

Goodreads review by Meike on August 21, 2019

This provocative fable challenges the culture of political correctness: On a utopian, no wait, dystopian island named Miden, people live the Miden Dream of hardcore mindfulness and moderation. Society is organized by commisions, and everyone has to participate in this system that sets up and control......more

Goodreads review by Fra on September 12, 2018

Tre stelle e mezza. Premessa assolutamente interessante e attuale, quella di un'accusa di violenza, trattata da due punti di vista diversi, quello del "Perpetratore" e quello della compagna di lui. Viene escluso il racconto della ragazza coinvolta in prima persona, la "Subente", e ho particolarmente......more

Goodreads review by Dannii on July 18, 2019

Well, this was certainly a unique read. I'm not sure I entirely understood what it was trying to do, though. One portion of this short novel focused on the fracturing relationship between 'Her' and 'Him'. Her is heavily pregnant and in the second year of a relationship with her professor boyfriend wh......more

Goodreads review by Marjorie on September 23, 2019

A nameless 6-months pregnant woman is finding her place in Miden. Miden is a future society that has grown out of “The Crash”. The woman lives with her nameless boyfriend, who is a professor. One day the woman receives a visit from a young girl who claims that she once had a violent relationship wit......more