Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner - ISBN: 9780099586999
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Cuba’s dying days ignite rebellion, desire, and the cruelty of paradise.

Telex from Cuba

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    1 February 2014

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Summary

The New York Times bestselling debut novel by the author of the Folio Prize shortlisted The Flamethrowers.

FROM THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE MARS ROOM

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION

Fidel and Raol Castro are in the hills, descending only to burn sugarcane plantations and recruit rebels. Rachel K is in Havana’s Cabaret Tokio, entangled with a French agitator trying to escape his sha…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780099586999
ISBN-10:0099586991
Author:Rachel Kushner
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:1 February 2014
Weight:240g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 22mm
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Critics Review

Rachel Kushner’s debut novel is an absolute blinder … Like the sea which surrounds Cuba, Telex From Cuba is ever-shifting, and it is luminous

Rachel Kushner’s debut novel is an absolute blinder… Like the sea which surrounds Cuba, Telex From Cuba is ever-shifting, and it is luminous * The Times *If you relish glittering language that pursues emotional and political truth, you’ll be enthralled by Telex from Cuba… the atmosphere seethes and crackles… [a] lush, intoxicating book * Independent *Telex from Cuba is epic and enjoyable: the style is lush and precise; the parties and cookouts, the drinks and affairs are beautiful and poignant, full of the pleasures of wealth overshadowed by loss. – Anne Enright * Guardian *Fascinating and vividly detailed… You can almost feel the heat radiating from the page: the air is mosquito-thick and tainted with a nickel oxide haze, the tropical landscape a character in its own right * Observer *A piece of fiction quite breathtaking in its assurance […] a beautifully weighted treatise on colonial attitudes, capitalism, racism and the interactions and divisions between cultures and classes – Billy O’Callaghan * Irish Examiner *A lush, meticulous, cinematic debut novel * Elle *Kushner evokes a dreamlike paradise… A poignant tale – Antonia Charlesworth * Big Issue *[Kushner’s] cleverly counterposed registers and nuanced explanation of the way we make and remake ourselves elevates her book beyond the standard historical romp – David Annand * Sunday Telegraph *Detail-packed prose * Glasgow Herald *Deeply evocative… A fascinating and vividly detailed portrait of the country – Natasha Tripney * Observer *

About The Author

Rachel Kushner

Rachel Kushner is the author of The Hard Crowd, her acclaimed essay collection, and the internationally bestselling novels The Mars Room, The Flamethrowers, and Telex from Cuba, as well as a book of short stories, The Strange Case of Rachel K. She has won the Prix Medicis and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Folio Prize, and was twice a finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction. She is a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and the recipient of the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her books are translated into twenty-seven languages.

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