{"product_id":"9780374279868","title":"Kudos : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eKudos\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Rachel Cusk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 100 Notable Books of 2018 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e•\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAmazon Editors' Top 100 of 2018 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachel Cusk, the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eOutline \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTransit\u003c\/i\u003e, completes the transcendent literary trilogy with Kudos, a novel of unsettling power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA woman writer visits a Europe in flux, where questions of personal and political identity are rising to the surface and the trauma of change is opening up new possibilities of loss and renewal. Within the rituals of literary culture, Faye finds the human story in disarray amid differing attitudes toward the public performance of the creative persona. She begins to identify among the people she meets a tension between truth and representation, a fissure that accrues great dramatic force as \u003ci\u003eKudos \u003c\/i\u003ereaches a profound and beautiful climax.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this conclusion to her groundbreaking trilogy, Cusk unflinchingly explores the nature of family and art, justice and love, and the ultimate value of suffering. She is without question one of our most important living writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, Vulture (\u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e), Bustle, Buzzfeed News, Flavorwire, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Statesman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Precise and haunting . . . Unforgettable.” —Jenny Offill, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“[Cusk] has achieved something both radical and beautiful . . . [\u003ci\u003eKudos\u003c\/i\u003e is] a book about failure that is not, in itself, a failure. In fact, it is a breathtaking success.” —Katy Waldman, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eKudos \u003c\/i\u003eachieves a kind of formal perfection. Rarely does a single word of its exceptionally polished prose seem out of place . . . Cusk has triumphed in the completion of this masterly trilogy.\" —Sally Rooney, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[Cusk] has that ability, unique to the great performers in every art form, to hold one rapt from the moment she appears . . . A stark, modern, adamantine new skyscraper on the literary horizon.\" —Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This important trilogy, then, through its eloquent polyphony of voices and opinions, arrives at an idea of feminist art in opposition to the confessional mode that has long been in ascendance. Ms. Cusk’s tools are ambivalence and elusiveness—or, to rearrange James Joyce’s terms of independence: exile, cunning and silence.” —Sam Sacks, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eKudos\u003c\/i\u003e] stayed with me long after I had finished it. Composed of a series of conversations, it is captivating and incredibly well written.\" —Elif Shafak, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e (Best Books of 2018)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"These crystalline and exquisitely elliptical works have helped define the genre of autofiction . . . Coolly detached, narcotically gorgeous . . . Like all great art, this novel consistently eludes us in leaps of grace and daring . . . Modern life has rarely been articulated with such compression and epigrammatic precision. These are texts, finally, to read and revisit, lean, oracular, irreducible.\" —Dustin Illingworth, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"With the release of \u003ci\u003eKudos\u003c\/i\u003e, these three novels can now be appreciated—and will surely be looked back on—as one of the literary masterpieces of our time.\" —Sebastian Smee, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Every element of the [\u003ci\u003eOutline\u003c\/i\u003e] novels conveys a strenuous sense of discipline. The effect is of watching an oracle divine fearsome and inscrutable truths from on high, then render them into stories fit for mortals . . . Mesmerizing.\" —Jordan Larson, \u003ci\u003eThe Cut \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The exhilarating finale of Rachel Cusk’s magnificently unclassifiable trilogy of novels . . . With her typical acerbic wit, Ms Cusk skewers the pretensions of the literary world while simultaneously upholding the intrinsic value of literature—no small feat . . . A daring bonfire of hypocrisies and emotions.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Cusk commandeers reality . . . An object lesson in rigor, elegance, and fury.\" —Merve Emre, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"High-stakes and bracingly compelling . . . Cusk's brilliantly reasoned argument against the false security of narrative continues to hit a nerve.\" —Megan O'Grady, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Quietly staggering and intellectually entrancing . . . [Cusk's] writing is silvery and precise, navigated by elegant syntax that steers its speaker towards revelations of great depth . . . These novels are among the most important written in this century so far.\" —Martha Schabas, \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A triumphant finish to an ambitious, unconventional trilogy cements Cusk’s position as one of today’s most original fiction writers. The charged delicacy of these books is underpinned by what is sure to be their durability as literature.\" —Emily Donaldson, \u003ci\u003eThe Toronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The darkly stirring conclusion to the acclaimed Outline trilogy.\" —\u003ci\u003eO Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Cusk’s style—precise and unsentimental—is transfixing and consuming.\" —\u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Brilliantly aware without being indulgent or preachy, this novel has the intense beauty of form that has marked Cusk's trilogy from the beginning, and the final installment does not disappoint.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Cusk’s final book in a trilogy (after \u003ci\u003eOutline \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTransit\u003c\/i\u003e) expertly concludes the story of protagonist Faye . . . As always, Cusk’s ear for dialogue and language is stunning. The author ends Faye’s trilogy with yet another gem.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred, boxed review) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Brilliantly accomplished and uncompromisingly dark.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Does [\u003ci\u003eKudos\u003c\/i\u003e] live up to its title? In short, unequivocally. Despite their ostensible uniformity, each of the three volumes delights in a different way. \u003ci\u003eOutline \u003c\/i\u003edazzled with its intrepid originality, while the low hum of violence that ran through \u003ci\u003eTransit \u003c\/i\u003ehad a mesmeric quality, and now \u003ci\u003eKudos\u003c\/i\u003e, which builds to a sparkling crescendo, thrills at its own more serene tempo. Regarded as a whole, it’s a tour de force of a trilogy.\" —Lucy Scholes, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Cusk has glimpsed the central truth of modern life . . . She moves through it as a blasted centre full only of instinct and superhuman hearing and hackles . . . The three novels blend together, and not to their detriment. Their of-a-wholeness is why they are so often referred to as ‘a project’. And the pleasure of this project is a rare one: it is the pleasure of a person figuring out exactly what she ought to be doing.” —Patricia Lockwood, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eKudos \u003c\/i\u003eis an education . . . [Cusk] has found, in this cool and collected new mode, a mature voice that looks abstract yet feels intimate and brightly present . . . Cusk has inherited the gift of holding our attention as she shows us the things that humans do.\" —Melissa Katsoulis, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This is a novel of ideas, intelligent, original in form and content, and brilliantly engaging . . . \u003ci\u003eKudos\u003c\/i\u003e is rich and compelling. It confirms Rachel Cusk’s status as one of the most interesting contemporary writers—avant-garde, highly original, challenging but entirely accessible.\" —Eilis Ni Dhuibhne, \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[Cusks's trilogy is] likely to live on, inflecting our thoughts, offering an experience that feels closer to thinking than to reading.\" —Lara Feigel, \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Cusk has found a new way to say the things she has always said: quieter, but to devastating effect.\" —Katie Law, \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The [\u003ci\u003eOutline\u003c\/i\u003e] trilogy is a bravura interrogation of the social habits and assumptions that, assembled together, start to look suspiciously like a man’s world in which women just so happen to live . . . [\u003ci\u003eOutline\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTransit\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKudos\u003c\/i\u003e] stand as a landmark in 21st-century English literature, the culmination of an artist’s unshakable efforts to forge her own path.” —Andrew Anthony, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed The Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year (2018), Long-listed Financial Times Books of the Year (2018), Long-listed The Guardian (UK) Best Books of the Year (2018), Long-listed New York Magazine Best Books of the Year (2018), Long-listed Flavorwire Best Books of the Year (2018), Long-listed New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the Year (2018), Long-listed Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year (2018), Long-listed New Yorker Best Books of the Year (2018), Long-listed Amazon.com Best Books of the Year (2018), Long-listed Buzzfeed Best Books of the Year (2018)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374279868\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40688632430798,"sku":"9780374279868","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374279868","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}