{"product_id":"9781443447164","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\u003eRachel Cusk, the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eOutline \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eTransit\u003c\/em\u003e, completes the transcendent literary trilogy with \u003cem\u003eKudos\u003c\/em\u003e, a novel of unsettling power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 \u003cem\u003eKudos \u003c\/em\u003ereaches a profound and beautiful climax.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Quietly staggering and intellectually entrancing . . . [Cusk’s] writing is silvery and precise . . . These novels are among the most important written in this century so far.” \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.” \u003cbr\u003e“Precise and haunting . . . Unforgettable.” \u003cbr\u003e“[Cusk] has achieved something both radical and beautiful . . . [\u003cem\u003eKudos\u003c\/em\u003e is] a book about failure that is not, in itself, a failure. In fact, it is a breathtaking success.”\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cem\u003eKudos \u003c\/em\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.” \u003cbr\u003e“With the release of \u003cem\u003eKudos\u003c\/em\u003e, these three novels can now be appreciated―and will surely be looked back on―as one of the literary masterpieces of our time.” \u003cbr\u003e“[\u003cem\u003eKudos\u003c\/em\u003e] stayed with me long after I had finished it. Composed of a series of conversations, it is captivating and incredibly well written.” \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.”\u003cbr\u003e“Every element of the [\u003cem\u003eOutline\u003c\/em\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.”\u003cbr\u003e“Cusk commandeers reality . . . An object lesson in rigor, elegance, and fury.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA New York Public Library Best Book for Adults, New York Times Notable\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781443447164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41111756505294,"sku":"9781443447164","price":15.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9781443447164.jpg?v=1649739109","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781443447164","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}