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Rachel Cusk is one of the smartest and most original writers alive. Her trilogy of autobiographical novels beginning with experimented with dismantling the mechanics of novel writing, and few authors are more daring and perceptive in writing about the intricacies of gendered experience.entwines loosely interconnected narratives and features artists known only as “G”, male and female.
The inhabitants are vividly drawn – single parent Keri and her strangely intense teenaged daughter Wairere; Janet, a white woman who isn’t shy about giving her two cents’ worth on any subject; and Sera and her family, refugees from a devastated Europe. His father Ron was a two-time heavyweight champion. He was also a shocking perpetrator of domestic violence . Teddy learnt to fight as a child, defending his mum – a loss for which he still blames himself – and has been coached into a career by his grandfather, a Vietnam veteran, hard drinker and gambler. Ron is intent on a comeback, and the industry is crazy about the idea of a father-son showdown.
The damage done by racism, the pressures of conventional masculinity and their own father’s inability to accept them, however, left Myint and Theda with a profound sense of shame. As we watch this play out in their lives, the sadness of it is counterpointed by a quiet sense of hope as Myint draws strength from his own fragility.The restlessness that has driven humanity to spread out across the globe is an urge that Lauren Fuge understands in her bones.
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