Asunder – Chloe Aridjis

Signed and inscribed by Aridjis at title page. First edition, first printing. Published by Chatto & Windus, London, in 2013. Unclipped dust jacket. Near fine.

Asunder is a rich, resonant novel of beguiling depths and beautiful strangeness, exploring the delicate balance between creation and destruction, surrender and control. Marie’s job as a museum guard at the National Gallery in London offers her the life she always wanted, one of invisibility and quiet contemplation. After nine years there, Marie begins to feel the tug of restlessness. A decisive change comes in the form of a winter trip to Paris, where, with the arrival of an uninvited guest and an unexpected encounter, her carefully contained world is torn apart.

Chloe Aridjis is a Mexican and American novelist.