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Coventry (Paperback)
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Coventry (Paperback)

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'Cements her reputation as one of the most fierce and elegant chroniclers of how we live now.' Stephanie Merritt, Observer Coventry is a collection of essays about choices, womanhood and art. Encompassing memoir and cultural and literary criticism, with pieces on gender, politics and writers such as D. H. Lawrence, Olivia Manning and Natalia Ginzburg, it is essential reading for our age: fearless, unrepentantly erudite, both startling and rewarding to behold.

Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571350452
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 208 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 15 mm
Edition: Main

A Canadian-British writer, Rachel Cusk was named as one of Granta’s ‘Best Young British Novelists’ in 2003. Her writing – which notably often draws explicitly on her own life includes the memoirs A Last Supper and her blistering work of the aftershock of life post-divorce, Aftermath as well as the trilogy Outline, Transit and Kudos.

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“Talking about storytelling...”

“Coventry” is Rachel Cusk’s first collection of essays. I am a great fun of her “ Outline Trilogy “. Her easygoing, personal style of writing makes her stood out as unique story teller.

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“Infinitely readable”

‘Coventry’ is a collection of essays that touches upon a multitude of subjects. Written in Cusk’s typically forthright manner I found myself riveted by each and every one. I particularly found ‘Aftermath’ and... More

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