Summary
A woman arrives in Athens in the height of the summer to teach a writing course. Once there, she becomes the audience to a chain of narratives as the people she meets tell her one after another the stories of their lives.
Beginning with the neighbouring passenger on the flight out and his tales of fast boats and failed marriages, the storytellers talk of their loves and ambitions and pains, their anxieties, their perceptions and daily lives. In the stifling heat and noise of the city …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780571346769 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0571346766 |
| Author: | Rachel Cusk |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Imprint: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 22 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 218g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 15mm |
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About The Author
Rachel Cusk
Rachel Cusk is the author of the memoirs A Life’s Work, The Last Supper, and Aftermath, and several novels: Saving Agnes, winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award; The Temporary; The Country Life, which won a Somerset Maugham Award; The Lucky Ones; In the Fold; Arlington Park; The Bradshaw Variations; Outline; and Transit. She was chosen as one of Granta’s 2003 Best of Young British Novelists. She lives in London.
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