Sebastian Faulks | A Fools Alphabet
A Fool’s Alphabet by Sebastian Faulks is an inventive and deeply human novel about memory, love and the places that come to define a life. The story of Pietro Russell unfolds across 26 chapters, from A to Z, with each letter representing a different place and revealing another fragment of his past. Moving back and forth through time rather than following a conventional chronology, the novel gradually assembles a compelling portrait of a man searching for meaning in the experiences that have shaped him.
Across countries, relationships and different stages of his life, Pietro revisits childhood, family, friendship and love, confronting the unresolved conflicts of his past. Beneath its ingenious alphabetical structure lies a thoughtful, melancholic exploration of identity, loss and the seemingly incidental moments that can ultimately define a life. An early novel from the author of Birdsong, A Fool’s Alphabet already displays Faulks’s distinctive sensitivity to memory, history and the complexities of human relationships.
- • Publisher / Imprint: Vintage Books
• Language: English
• Cover: Soft (Paperback)
• Edition: New Edition
• Release date: July 15, 1993.
• Number of pages: 288
• Dimensions: approximately 198 × 129 × 17 mm
• Weight: approximately 190–206
• Structure: 26 chapters organized alphabetically from A to Z
• Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Literary Novel






