{"product_id":"creation-lake-hardcover","title":"Creation Lake - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachel Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by \u003ci\u003eTime, LitHub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003eand more! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"At last I get to say how deeply, madly, irrecoverably I loved \u003ci\u003eCreation Lake\u003c\/i\u003e...it was all stylish and cool, and then somehow the book struck a blow to my heart.\"\u003cb\u003e --Louise Erdrich, \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and \"one of the most gifted authors of her generation\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), comes a new novel about a seductive and cunning American woman who infiltrates an anarchist collective in France--a propulsive page-turner of glittering insights and dark humor.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreation Lake \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel about a secret agent, a thirty-four-year-old American woman of ruthless tactics, bold opinions, and clean beauty, who is sent to do dirty work in France. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sadie Smith\" is how the narrator introduces herself to her lover, to the rural commune of French subversives on whom she is keeping tabs, and to the reader. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSadie has met her love, Lucien, a young and well-born Parisian, by \"cold bump\"--making him believe the encounter was accidental. Like everyone Sadie targets, Lucien is useful to her and used by her. Sadie operates by strategy and dissimulation, based on what her \"contacts\"--shadowy figures in business and government--instruct. First, these contacts want her to incite provocation. Then they want more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this region of centuries-old farms and ancient caves, Sadie becomes entranced by a mysterious figure named Bruno Lacombe, a mentor to the young activists who communicates only by email. Bruno believes that the path to emancipation from what ails modern life is not revolt, but a return to the ancient past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust as Sadie is certain she's the seductress and puppet master of those she surveils, Bruno Lacombe is seducing her with his ingenious counter-histories, his artful laments, his own tragic story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in short, vaulting sections, Rachel Kushner's rendition of \"noir\" is taut and dazzling\u003ci\u003e. Creation Lake\u003c\/i\u003e is Kushner's finest achievement yet as a novelist, a work of high art, high comedy, and unforgettable pleasure.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachel Kushner is the author of \u003ci\u003eCreation Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, her latest novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Hard Crowd, \u003c\/i\u003eher acclaimed essay collection, and the internationally bestselling novels \u003ci\u003eThe Mars Room, The Flamethrowers, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTelex from Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a book of short stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Case of Rachel K. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has won the Prix Médicis and been a finalist for the Booker Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Folio Prize, and was twice a finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction. She is a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and the recipient of the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her books are translated into twenty-seven languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44337539383398,"sku":"9781982116521","price":38.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/DIpeiQM6Xg9781982116521.webp?v=1768528249","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/creation-lake-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}