Second Place - Rachel Cusk
Second Place - Rachel Cusk
A woman invites a famous artist to stay.
M...restless, intelligent, quietly dissatisfied...opens her marshland home to L, a painter she has long admired. What she wants is transformation. Illumination. Something to crack open the smallness of her life.
What unfolds is more unsettling...
Second Place is spare and cerebral, built almost entirely from voice and thought. It explores power, art, ego, marriage, motherhood, and the subtle humiliations of being seen or not seen by the wrong person.
Cusk’s prose is precise and unsparing. There is no ornament here. Just observation sharpened to a blade.
For readers who like quiet tension and intellectual unease.
A book that feels like you are sitting across from someone who is thinking very hard.
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Page count: 207
ISBN: 9780571366699
Origin: United Kingdom
Condition: VERY GOOD
Condition Notes
NEW
Unread. No markings, creases or wear. Essentially as new.
NEAR NEW
Looks unread or very lightly read. No obvious flaws.
VERY GOOD
Gently read. May show light shelf wear or a faint crease, but clean and solid
WELL LOVED
Clearly read and enjoyed. May include creases, small marks or edge wear. Still perfectly readable and held together
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