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Parade

By: Rachel Cusk
Narrated by: Genevieve Gaunt
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Midway through his life, an artist begins to paint upside down.

In Paris, a woman is attacked by a stranger in the street.

A mother dies. A man falls to his death. Couples seek escape in distant lands.

The new novel from one of the most distinctive writers of the age, Parade sets loose a carousel of lives. It surges past the limits of identity, character, and plot, to tell a true story-about art, family, morality, gender, and how we compose ourselves.

©2024 Rachel Cusk (P)2024 Faber & Faber
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Editorial Review

The many lives of an artist
I was a little late to the Rachel Cusk game––and by “a little” I mean that I just checked out her Outline trilogy a few months ago. It didn’t take long for me to realize why everyone in my grad school program was talking about it back in 2018. Her writing is so precise and insightful that I wasn’t even ashamed of being jealous of her skill because, of course. Parade sees Cusk once again challenging any notion of what a novel can be in this nonlinear narrative about art, motherhood, and the very concept of reality. If you’re already a card-carrying Cusk-er, none of what I’ve said is probably a surprise. But for the uninitiated, Parade is a killer place to start. — Aaron S., Audible Editor

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