The Mars Room - Rachel Kushner
The Mars Room - Rachel Kushner
This is not a sentimental prison novel.
Rachel Kushner builds The Mars Room with research layered into every corridor, every bureaucratic detail, every social fracture. The result is immersive but also slightly withholding.
We follow Romy Hall, serving two life sentences in a California women’s prison. Around her: a rotating cast of inmates. Kushner doesn’t soften them for us. The characters can feel held at arm’s length observed rather than embraced and that distance becomes part of the point. The system is impersonal.
For readers who like fiction that feels researched, controlled, and unsparing rather than emotionally indulgent.
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Page count: 336
ISBN: 9781476756585
Origin: USA
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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