Transit
About this book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE
'A work of stunning beauty, deep insight and great originality.' Monica Ali,
New York Times
'Tremendous from its opening sentence.' Tessa Hadley,
Guardian
'A work of cut-glass brilliance.'
Financial Times
In the wake of her family's collapse, a writer and her two young sons move to London. The upheaval is the catalyst for a number of transitionsĀ - personal, moral, artistic, and practical - as she endeavours to construct a new reality for herself and her children. In the city, she is made to confront aspects of living that she has, until now, avoided, and to consider questions of vulnerability and power, death and renewal, in what becomes her struggle to reattach herself to, and believe in, life.
Filtered through the impersonal gaze of its keenly intelligent protagonist,
Transit sees Rachel Cusk delve deeper into the themes first raised in her critically acclaimed novel
Outline, and offers up a penetrating and moving reflection on childhood and fate, the value of suffering, the moral problems of personal responsibility and the mystery of change.
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Table of contents
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Contents
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- āGerard was instantly recognisable: he was ridingā¦ā
- āThe builder said I was trying to make a silk purse out ofā¦ā
- āI asked Dale whether he could try to get rid of the greyā¦ā
- āThe trees were a mixed blessing, Lauren said.ā
- āThe studentās name was Janeā¦ā
- āThe builderās van had broken downā¦ā
- āIt was the day the astrologerās report had saidā¦ā
- āOn Friday night I drove west out of London to seeā¦ā
- About the Author
- Also by the Author
- Parade, a new novel from Rachel Cusk
- An extract from Parade
- Copyright
