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The Country Life - Paperback

by Rachel Cusk
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Availability:In StockContributor:Rachel CuskPublish date:2021-09-07Pages:368
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9781250828156ISBN-10:1250828155UPC:9781250828156Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, World LiteratureBook Topic:EnglandSize:8.29 x 5.53 x 1.03 inchesWeight:0.71Product ID:SC7HY9BD3A

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award

The Country Life, Rachel Cusk's third novel, is a rich and subtle story about embarrassment, awkwardness, and being alone; about families, or the lack of them; and about love in some peculiar guises.

"A brilliant oxymoron--a serious farce . . . Cusk's ability to keep us interested in innumerable human collisions is uncanny." --The New Yorker

Stella Benson sets off for Hilltop, a tiny Sussex village housing a family that is somewhat larger-than-life. Her hopes for the Maddens may be high, but her station among them--as au pair to their irascible son, Martin--is undeniably low.

What could possibly have driven her to leave her home, job, and life in London for such rural ignominy? Why has she severed all contact with her parents? And why is she so reluctant to talk about her past?
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9781250828156ISBN-10:1250828155UPC:9781250828156Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, World LiteratureBook Topic:EnglandSize:8.29 x 5.53 x 1.03 inchesWeight:0.71Product ID:SC7HY9BD3A
Rachel Cusk is the author of Second Place; the trilogy Outline, Transit, Kudos; the essay collection Coventry; the memoirs A Life's Work, The Last Supper, and Aftermath; and several other novels: Saving Agnes (winner of the Whitbread Award), The Temporary, The Country Life (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award), The Lucky Ones, In the Fold, Arlington Park, and The Bradshaw Variations.
Publisher: Picador USA

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