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Second Place by Rachel Cusk
Category: Fiction
From the author of the Outline trilogy, a fable of human destiny and decline, enacted in a closed system of intimate, fractured relationships. A woman invites a famed artist to visit the remote coastal region where she lives, in the belief that his vision will penetrate the mystery of her life and lands ...Show more
Second Place by Rachel Cusk
Category: Fiction
Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021 'A classic, but with contemporary urgency thumping through it.' Claire-Louise Bennett, author of Pond 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 cent ...Show more
Second Place 10 copy pack by Rachel Cusk
Category: Fiction
Includes 10 copies of Second Place
Second Place (H/B) by Rachel Cusk
Category: Fiction
From the author of the Outline trilogy, a fable of human destiny and decline, enacted in a closed system of intimate, fractured relationships.
The Bradshaw Variations by Rachel Cusk
Category: Fiction
Since leaving his job to look after Alexa, his eight-year-old daughter, Thomas Bradshaw has found the structure of his daily piano practice and the study of musical form brings a nourishment to these difficult middle years. His pursuit of a more artistic way of life shocks and irritates his parents and ...Show more
The Bradshaw Variations by Rachel Cusk
Category: Fiction
Thomas Bradshaw and Tonie Swann are experiencing the classic symptoms of marriage in its middle years: comfortable house, happy-enough daughter and an eerie sense that life might be happening elsewhere. Then Tonie accepts a big promotion at work and Thomas agrees to become a stay-at-home dad. While Thom ...Show more
The Country Life by Rachel Cusk
Category: Fiction
Stella Benson sets off for Hilltop, a tiny Sussex village housing a family that is somewhat larger than life. Her hopes for the Maddens may be high, but her station among them, as au pair to their irascible son Martin - is undeniably low. What could possibly have driven her to leave her home, job and li ...Show more
The Country Life by Rachel Cusk
Category: Fiction
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Stella Benson answers a classified ad for an au pair, arriving in a tiny Sussex village that's home to a family that is slightly larger than life. Her hopes for the Maddens may be high, but her station among them is low and remote. It soon becomes clear that St ...Show more
The Last Supper by Rachel Cusk
Category: Biography
Oppressed by the claustrophobia of domestic life, a family decides to sell everything and go to Italy to search for art and its meanings, for freedom from routine, and a different path into the future.
The Last Supper : A Summer in Italy by Rachel Cusk
Category: Travel Literature
When prize-winning author Rachel Cusk decides to travel to Italy for a summer with her husband and two young children she has no idea of the trials and wonders that lie in store. Their journey leads them to both the expected - the Piero della Francesca trail and queues at the Vatican - and the surprisin ...Show more
The Last Supper - A Summer in Italy by Rachel Cusk
Category: Biography
When Rachel Cusk decides to travel to Italy for a summer with her husband and two young children, she has no idea of the trials and wonders that lie in store. Their journey leads them to both the expected and the surprising, all seen through Cusk's sharp and humane perspective.
The Last Supper : A Summer in Italy by Rachel Cusk
Category: Travel
This edition out of print. Paperback - 9780571242573 - due August 2010. When prizewinning author Rachel Cusk decides to travel to Italy for a summer with her husband and two young children she has no idea of the trials and wonders that lay in store. Their journey leads them to both the expected - the ...Show more