{"product_id":"coventry-essays-9781250619587","title":"Coventry: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNPR's Favorite Books of 2019\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRachel Cusk redrew the boundaries of fiction with the Outline Trilogy, three \"literary masterpieces\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) whose narrator, Faye, perceives the world with a glinting, unsparing intelligence while remaining opaque to the reader. Lauded for the precision of her prose and the quality of her insight, Cusk is a writer of uncommon brilliance. Now, in \u003ci\u003eCoventry\u003c\/i\u003e, she gathers a selection of her nonfiction writings that both offers new insights on the themes at the heart of her fiction and forges a startling critical voice on some of our most urgent personal, social, and artistic questions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoventry\u003c\/i\u003e encompasses memoir, cultural criticism, and writing about literature, with pieces on family life, gender, and politics, and on D. H. Lawrence, Fran oise Sagan, and Kazuo Ishiguro. Named for an essay Cusk published in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e (\"Every so often, for offences actual or hypothetical, my mother and father stop speaking to me. There's a funny phrase for this phenomenon in England: it's called being sent to Coventry\"), this collection is pure Cusk and essential reading for our age: fearless, unrepentantly erudite, and dazzling to behold.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11778863\"\u003eRachel Cusk\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250619587\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250619580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO010000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO019000\"\u003eWomen Authors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO008000\"\u003eEuropean | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Cusk\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eOutline\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTransit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKudos\u003c\/i\u003e; the memoirs \u003ci\u003eA Life's Work\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Supper\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAftermath\u003c\/i\u003e; and several other novels: \u003ci\u003eSaving Agnes\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Whitbread Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Temporary\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Country Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Somerset Maugham Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Lucky Ones\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eIn the Fold\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eArlington Park\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Bradshaw Variations\u003c\/i\u003e. She was chosen as one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's 2003 Best of Young British Novelists. She lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42704019587309,"sku":"9781250619587","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_d223052d-4d80-4bfe-9fb0-d458c365218d.jpg?v=1747450980","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/coventry-essays-9781250619587","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}