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Violence
Some
Some violence in Mathilde's past
Language
Some
Literary language; some strong passages
Sexual Content
A lot
Explicit sexual content—the marriage's physical life is central
Substance Use
Some
Adult social drinking; some substance use
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
The gap between what a husband knows and what a wife carries; Mathilde's secret history; the way love can be genuine and still incomplete
What this book is about
Lotto and Mathilde have a seemingly perfect marriage. Fates is Lotto's story: his theater career, his golden life, his complete faith in his wife. Furies is Mathilde's story—and everything Lotto never knew. Fates and Furies was Barack Obama's favorite novel of 2015 and a BookTok book club staple for its structural genius.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Explicit sexual content
Mathilde's secret—the second half reframes the first
Structural genius—the same marriage told twice
Violence in Mathilde's backstory
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