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17 Mrz Coventry: Essays
After the publication of Outline, Transit and Kudos – in which Rachel Cusk redrew the boundaries of fiction – this writer of uncommon brilliance returns with a series of essays that offers new insights on the themes at the heart of her life’s work. [expand title="more"]Encompassing memoir and cultural and literary criticism, with pieces on gender, politics and writers such as D. H. Lawrence, Olivia Manning and Natalia Ginzburg, this collection is essential reading for our age: fearless, unrepentantly erudite, both startling and rewarding to behold. The result is a cumulative sense of how the frank, deeply intelligent sensibility – so evident in her stories and novels – reverberates in the wider context of Cusk's literary process. Coventry grants its readers a rare opportunity to see a mind at work that will influence literature for time to come.[/expand]
17 Mrz Aftermath
In the winter of 2009, Rachel Cusk’s marriage of ten years came to an end. Candid and revelatory, Aftermath chronicles the perilous journey as the author redefines herself and creates a new version of family life for her daughters.
10 Sep Texte zur Kunst #115 2019
In the "Literature" edition of Texte zur Kunst, we examine the emergence of the genre "autofiction": a literary form that has found its place between the formally different categories of fiction and autobiography. [expand title="more"]We explore the writing of many prominent voices collected under the Autofiction label, including Annie Ernaux, Rachel Cusk and Deborah Levy. Their works are exemplary for the development of a form of writing in which the fictitious ego merges with the voices of others and in which these voices of society in general can stand.[/expand]- 1
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