Parade
WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE
By Rachel Cusk
Harry Hartog's review
Cusk at her best is when you're a fly on the wall, listening to conversations and honestly, realising people suck. They do bad things, or at least don't care about others, or maybe it's someone needing to vent and figure themselves out. You often get both sides in her stories. I liked the majority of her new novel, the parts I felt smart enough to understand. Slowing down and rereading sections still didn't help my noggin comprehend her questions and thoughts. Perhaps I was a tired reader during this short novel... I'm looking forward to interviews and articles on this one. Cusk makes me so curious! - Ben, Marketing
Description
A path-breaking novel of art, womanhood and violence, from the author of the Outline trilogy.
Midway through his life, an artist begins to paint upside down.
In Paris, a woman is attacked by a stranger in the street.
A mother dies. A man falls to his death. Couples seek escape in distant lands.
The new novel from one of the most distinctive writers of the age, Parade sets loose a carousel of lives. It surges past the limits of identity, character, and plot, to tell a true story-about art, family, morality, gender, and how we compose ourselves.
Praise for the Outline trilogy:
'A work of stunning beauty, deep insight and great originality.' Monica Ali
'A landmark in twenty-first-century English literature.' Observer
'A perfect synthesis of form and content.' Deborah Levy
'Page-turningly enthralling and charged with the power to move.' Tessa Hadley
'Reaches a kind of formal perfection . . . masterly.' Sally Rooney
- ISBN:
- 9780571377954
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 208
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- Imprint:
- Faber & Faber