Parade

Rachel Cusk

From Shelf: New in hardback fiction, June

A path-breaking novel of art, womanhood and violence, from the author of the Outline trilogy.

WINNER OF THE 2024 GOLDSMITHS PRIZE'A brilliant, stark and unsettling feat.' Observer'Thoughtful and true ... Cusk is a disciple of the truth and she helps us to see.' Independent'Cusk's most formidable, radical and compelling novel yet.' The ConversationA path-breaking novel of art, womanhood and violence, from the author of the Outline trilogy.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.