Books by Rachel Cusk
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English
review 1: She got a lot of flack for writing this account of her divorce and the period afterwards - emotional narcissim and the such. It is searingly honest and brilliant writing, but I concur the critics have a point. Especially the scenes she recalls involving her children, seems to und...
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English
review 1: I love how Rachel Cusk dives straight under the surface of life, and nowhere more so than in this novel, a subtle examination of what it's like to be English and middle class. She creates just enough distance between character and reader that we feel a little like observers from ...
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review 1: 'Twas a nice escape, tying into memories I have from when I spent time in Italy. They often went on pilgrimages to places in Umbria, where I spent the majority of my time in Italy while studying abroad: Assisi, Cortona, Arezzo, Sansepolcro (we shared the secret of this place; h...
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review 1: I expected to like ‘The Last Supper – A Summer in Italy' much more than I ultimately did. When I first read the blurb on the back, it seemed to promise everything I would enjoy … a personal-style memoir, a family trip to an exotic locale – namely Italy, with its heritage of wonde...