Transit
eBook - ePub

Transit

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

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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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9780571346752
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Landing Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. ā€˜An astrologer emailed me to say she had important…’
  5. ā€˜Gerard was instantly recognisable: he was riding…’
  6. ā€˜The builder said I was trying to make a silk purse out of…’
  7. ā€˜I asked Dale whether he could try to get rid of the grey…’
  8. ā€˜The trees were a mixed blessing, Lauren said.’
  9. ā€˜The student’s name was Jane…’
  10. ā€˜The builder’s van had broken down…’
  11. ā€˜It was the day the astrologer’s report had said…’
  12. ā€˜On Friday night I drove west out of London to see…’
  13. About the Author
  14. Also by the Author
  15. Parade, a new novel from Rachel Cusk
  16. An extract from Parade
  17. Copyright