{"product_id":"parade-paperback","title":"Parade - Paperback","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 Cusk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Goldsmiths Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year (So Far) by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Rachel Cusk, author of the Outline trilogy, comes this startling, exhilarating novel that once again expands the notion of what fiction can be and do.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMidway through his life, the artist G begins to paint upside down. Eventually, he paints his wife upside down. He also makes her ugly. The paintings are a great success. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Paris, a woman is attacked by a stranger in the street. Her attacker flees, but not before turning around to contemplate her victim, like an artist stepping back from a canvas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the age of twenty-two, the painter G leaves home for a new life in another country, far from the disapproval of her parents. Her paintings attract the disapproval of the man she later marries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a mother dies, her children confront her legacy: the stories she told, the roles she assigned to them, the ways she withheld her love. Her death is a kind of freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eParade \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel that demolishes the conventions of storytelling. It surges past the limits of identity, character, and plot to tell the story of G, an artist whose life contains many lives. Rachel Cusk is a writer and visionary like no other, who turns language upside down to show us our world as it really is.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eCusk\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSecond Place\u003c\/i\u003e, the Outline trilogy, the memoirs \u003ci\u003eA Life's Work \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAftermath\u003c\/i\u003e, and several other works of fiction and nonfiction. She is a Guggenheim Fellow. She lives in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378898432102,"sku":"9781250390493","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Oy4Fx7V7Mk9781250390493.webp?v=1768912633","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/parade-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}