The sisters : a novel
Jonas Hassen Khemiri (Author)
"Meet the Mikkola sisters: Ina, Evelyn, and Anastasia. Their mother is a Tunisian carpet seller, their father a mysterious Swede who left them when they were young. Ina is tall, serious, a compulsive organizer. Evelyn is dreamy, magnetic, a smooth talker. And Anastasia is moody, chaotic, a shape-shifting presence, quick to anger. Ina meets her future husband when she's dragged to a New Year's rave by her sisters, only to suffer the ultimate betrayal. Evelyn works at a clothing store until she applies to drama school on a whim, with unexpected results--and consequences. And Anastasia leaves for Tunisia, where she falls in love with a woman who, years later, will transform her life. Following the story of the sisters from afar is Jonas, who grew up in the same neighborhood as the Mikkolas. Over the years, his life intersects with theirs, from a chance encounter in Tunis to the scene of a fighter jet crash in Stockholm. When Evelyn disappears on a trip to New York, Jonas manages to track her down--and helps her to break the curse that has been looming over the Mikkolas for decades. In the process, a shocking revelation changes everything about who they think they are. Narrated in six parts over the course of three and a half decades--each part spanning a different length of time, from the first year of the new millennium to a single minute in the year 2035--Jonas Hassen Khemiri's 'The sisters' is an addictively entertaining family saga of the highest order."-- Front flap of dust jacket
Print Book, English, 2025
First edition
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York [New York], 2025