The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber

The Crimson Petal and the White

Michel Faber

838 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction historical challenging dark reflective slow-paced
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At the heart of this panoramic, multidimensional narrative is the compelling struggle of a young woman to lift her body and soul out of the gutter. Faber leads us back to 1870s London, where Sugar, a nineteen-year-old whore in the brothel of the t...

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