{"product_id":"parade-9780374610043","title":"Parade","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Goldsmiths Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year (So Far) by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Rachel Cusk, author of the Outline trilogy, comes this startling, exhilarating novel that once again expands the notion of what fiction can be and do.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMidway through his life, the artist G begins to paint upside down. Eventually, he paints his wife upside down. He also makes her ugly. The paintings are a great success. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Paris, a woman is attacked by a stranger in the street. Her attacker flees, but not before turning around to contemplate her victim, like an artist stepping back from a canvas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the age of twenty-two, the painter G leaves home for a new life in another country, far from the disapproval of her parents. Her paintings attract the disapproval of the man she later marries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a mother dies, her children confront her legacy: the stories she told, the roles she assigned to them, the ways she withheld her love. Her death is a kind of freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eParade \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel that demolishes the conventions of storytelling. It surges past the limits of identity, character, and plot to tell the story of G, an artist whose life contains many lives. Rachel Cusk is a writer and visionary like no other, who turns language upside down to show us our world as it really is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Cusk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.63w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374610043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2024 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2024 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/24\/2024 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eCusk\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSecond Place\u003c\/i\u003e, the Outline trilogy, the memoirs \u003ci\u003eA Life's Work \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAftermath\u003c\/i\u003e, and several other works of fiction and nonfiction. She is a Guggenheim Fellow. She lives in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43774246420595,"sku":"9.78037E+12","price":26.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f63f28ea-8f4f-47b5-919f-fc342336394f.jpg?v=1757421431","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/parade-9780374610043","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}