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Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Women's Prize for Fiction | 2025 | Shortlist |
About This Book
A debut novel by the acclaimed poet, following a young Afghan-German woman in Berlin navigating questions of identity, desire, and belonging. Described as a coming-of-age story about what it means to be a young woman of colour in contemporary Europe.
About the Author
Aria AberAfghan-American
Aria Aber is an Afghan-German-American poet and novelist born in 1991. She grew up partly in Germany. Her debut poetry collection Hard Damage (2019) won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry. Read more →
