Literature & Fiction

Lai gan abas sievietes dzīvo tikai dažu durvju attālumā, starp viņām valda aiza. Aktrise, slavenība ar apburošu karjeru, kopā ar savu glīto vīru un trim apbrīnojamiem bērniem dalās mirdzošā kleitiņā, kamēr nesen šķirtais stāstītājs, nelaimīgs bez bērniem un iestrēdzis strupceļā, dzīvo nolaistā, trīsstāvu pastaigā kopā ar sava bijušā vīra kaķi.

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In this taut, arresting debut, a woman becomes fixated on her neighbor—the actress.

Though the two women live just a few doors apart, a chasm lies between them. The actress, a celebrity with a charmed career, shares a gleaming brownstone with her handsome husband and three adorable children, while the recently separated narrator, unhappily childless and stuck in a dead-end job, lives in a run-down, three-story walk-up with her ex-husband’s cat.

As her fascination grows, the narrator’s hold on reality begins to slip. Before long, she’s collecting cast-off items from the actress’s stoop and fantasizing about sleeping with the actress’s husband. After a disastrous interaction with the actress at the annual block party, what began as an innocent preoccupation turns into a stunning—and irrevocable—unraveling. Immersive and darkly entertaining, Looker is a searing psychological portrait of obsession.