LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE RECIPIENT OF THE PRIX FEMINA ÉTRANGER SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOVERNER GENERAL'S AWARD
'The most singular book ... a psychodrama that is both timeless and up-to-the-minute.' Guardian 'A classic, but with contemporary urgency thumping through it.' Claire-Louise Bennett 'A novel of deep insight and scarring honesty.' Independent
A woman invites a famed artist to the remote coastal landscape where she lives. Drawn to his paintings, she believes his vision may penetrate the mystery at the centre of her life. But as a long, dry summer sets in, his provocative presence soon twists the patterns of her secluded household.
'A landmark in twenty-first-century English literature.' Observer
'Precise and haunting ... Unforgettable.' Jenny Offill
'Achieves a kind of formal perfection ... masterly.' Sally Rooney
'A work of great stunning beauty, deep insight, and great originality.' Monica Ali
Author
About Rachel Cusk
Rachel Cusk was born to English parents in Canada in 1967, and spent most of her early childhood in Los Angeles. On coming to England in 1975, she was sent to a Catholic convent school in Cambridge before reading English at New College, Oxford. After graduation, she lived and worked in Madrid for a year before travelling in Central America. Her first novel Saving Agnes won the Whitbread First Novel Award in 1993. She is also the author of The Temporary and Country Life. Rachel now lives permanently in North London, concentrating on her writing, as well reviewing regularly for The Times and TLS.
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