Rachel Cusk, the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of Outline and Transit, completes the transcendent literary trilogy with Kudos, a novel of unsettling power.Ī woman writer visits a Europe in flux, where questions of personal and political identity are rising to the surface and the trauma of change is opening up new possibilities of loss and renewal. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2018 An object lesson in rigor, elegance, and fury.” (Harper's Magazine) The effect is of watching an oracle divine fearsome and inscrutable truths from on high, then render them into stories fit for mortals. “Every element of the novels conveys a strenuous sense of discipline. A daring bonfire of hypocrisies and emotions.” (The Economist) With her typical acerbic wit, Ms Cusk skewers the pretensions of the literary world while simultaneously upholding the intrinsic value of literature―no small feat. “The exhilarating finale of Rachel Cusk’s magnificently unclassifiable trilogy of novels. Composed of a series of conversations, it is captivating and incredibly well written.” (The Guardian) “ stayed with me long after I had finished it. “With the release of Kudos, these three novels can now be appreciated―and will surely be looked back on―as one of the literary masterpieces of our time.” (Washington Post) Cusk has triumphed in the completion of this masterly trilogy.” (Slate) Rarely does a single word of its exceptionally polished prose seem out of place.

“ Kudos achieves a kind of formal perfection. In fact, it is a breathtaking success.” (The New Yorker) a book about failure that is not, in itself, a failure. “ has achieved something both radical and beautiful. The charged delicacy of these books is underpinned by what is sure to be their durability as literature.” (Toronto Star)

“A triumphant finish to an ambitious, unconventional trilogy cements Cusk’s position as one of today’s most original fiction writers. These novels are among the most important written in this century so far.” (The Globe and Mail) “Quietly staggering and intellectually entrancing.

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