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Second Place: A Novel Audiobook
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A haunting fable of art, family, and fate from the author of the Outline trilogy. A woman invites a famous artist to use her guesthouse in the remote coastal landscape where she lives with her family. Powerfully drawn to his paintings, she believes his vision might penetrate the mystery at the center of her life. But as a long, dry summer sets in, his provocative presence itself becomes an enigma—and disrupts the calm of her secluded household. Second Place, Rachel Cusk’s electrifying new novel, is a study of female fate and male privilege, the geometries of human relationships, and the moral questions that animate our lives. It reminds us of art’s capacity to uplift—and to destroy. A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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“Digs into the gothic core of family and romantic entanglements…It is not a novel that gladdens the soul. But gladdening the soul has never been Cusk’s project.”
— New York Times
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“The book is an atmospheric, a mood piece, a drug…An exploration of how dangerous it is to want to see yourself reflected in the artist’s eye.”
— New York magazine
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An Amazon Editor’s Top Pick in Fiction
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A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice of the Week
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An Esquire pick of Best Books of Spring
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An Oprah Magazine Pick of the Month
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Among longlisted titles for Chicago Tribune Best Books of the Year, 2021
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Among longlisted titles for The Guardian (UK) Best Books of the Year, 2021
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Among shortlisted titles for National Book Critics Circle Award - Nominee, 2021
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Among longlisted titles for Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year, 2021
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Among longlisted titles for New York Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2021
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Among longlisted titles for Vogue Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2021
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Among longlisted titles for Man Booker Award - Nominee, 2021
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Among longlisted titles for Time Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2021
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Among longlisted titles for Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, 2021
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About Rachel Cusk
Rachel Cusk is the author of the Outline trilogy, the memoirs A Life’s Work and Aftermath, and several other works of fiction and nonfiction. Her debut novel, Saving Agnes, won the Whitbread First Novel Award. She is a Guggenheim Fellow. She lives in Paris.