The Strange Case of Rachel K by Rachel Kushner

The Strange Case of Rachel K by Rachel Kushner

An explorer s whereabouts keeps a queen in waiting; a faith healer s illegal radio broadcasts give hope to an oppressed people; a president s offer of ice cream surprises a prostitute expecting to cooperate fully the three short fictions gathered in The Great Exception build into a vision of Cuba that is black-humored, brutal, and beautiful. Written prior to the publication of Rachel Kushner s first acclaimed novel Telex From Cuba, these stories, like Roberto Bolano s Antwerp, burst forth with the genesis of her fictional universe as though fired from a cannon. From the mythical title story, to the ominous Debouchment originally published in her too short-lived journal Soft Targets to the sexy and noirish Strange Case of Rachel K, this is Kushner saddling up for a journey into the wilds of the modern novel.

"Kushner’s writing is fluid and clear and possesses a rhythm as determined as an ocean currentReaders will encounter three stories of terrific depth." -- Publishers Weekly
"Her prose has a poise and wariness and moral graininess that puts you in the mind of weary-souled visionaries like Robert Stone and Joan Didion." -- Dwight Garner - The New York Times Book Review
"Full of vibrantly different stories and histories, all of them particular, all of them brilliantly alive." -- James Wood - The New Yorker
"Kushner is the champion of something strange, wonderful and real." -- Rivka Galchen

Rachel Kushner is the bestselling author of The Flamethrowers, Telex from Cuba, The Mars Room, and, most recently, Creation Lake.

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ISBN 13	9780811225533
ISBN 10	0811225534
Title	The Strange Case of Rachel K
Author	Rachel Kushner
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	New Directions Publishing Corporation
Year published	2016-09-27
Number of pages	80
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.