Paper Wasp. Akampor L.

“Paper Wasp” is a story that is electrified to the limit about the dark side of female friendship, where envy and desire to annoy are intertwined with worship and love.

Abby Graven leads a very recluse lifestyle. The once capable, giving hopes, the student, who was prophesied by a brilliant career in art, now she intently watches the life of her best childhood friend Eliza, with a maniac’s obsession, cutting out her photos from the pages of fashion magazines. When Abby again meets Eliza at the evening of graduates and receives an invitation made only out of politeness to visit her in Los Angeles, Abby accepts the proposal seriously. Having become close to Eliza, she understands that behind the outer gloss and professional success of the acting career of Elisa is loneliness and complete disappointment in people. But this does not stop Abby from living in the life of Elisa's life. Or even become her.

The author of Loren Akampup is the nominee The Story Prize and The Kirkus Prize, and its debut novel “Paper Os” was named the best book of summer 2021 according to the New York Times, Elle, Tatler and Publishers Weekly.