Scar by Sara Mesa Paperback Book 9781628975734

Sonia meets Knut in an online literary forum and begins a unique longdistance relationship with him that becomes obsessive and derailed by excess While her feelings toward him shift between attraction and repulsion she canamprsquot help but be fascinated by his unusual and perfectionist personality Heamprsquos an intelligent young man of her same age who lives outside of all social norm and courts her through sumptuous stolen gifts which include any book she could ever dream of Her need to create distance when Knut becomes too absorbing but also her unending curiosity and a yearning to live experiences beyond a predictable existence lead Sonia to begin a secret double life in which she will be trapped for several years without a chance to wipe the slate clean In this unprecedented story Sara Mesaamprsquos concise and electrifying style not only exposes the dynamics of a disquieting imbalanced romantic relationship it gives shape to an elegant nonprescriptive reflection on consumer society and theft power and submission desire guilt and sexuality fantasy as an alternative to intimacy the vulnerability of childhood and the formation of a budding writer With Scar Sara Mesa...