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Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner (Author)
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Creation Lake - Rachel Kushner
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Synopsis "Creation Lake"
Sadie Smith – a sardonic, strikingly sexy, 30-something American undercover agent of questionable morals – is sent by her mysterious but powerful employers to a remote corner of France. Her instructions are to infiltrate a commune of radical eco-activists led by the charismatic svengali Bruno Lacombe and coax them into violent action, provoking the French state to crush them and their dangerous ideas for good.
At first Sadie finds Bruno’s idealism laughable – he lives in a Neanderthal cave and believes the path to enlightenment is a return to primitivism. But over time she falls for his narrative about the futility of civilisation and his promise of a new dawn for humanity. His ingenious counter-histories, his artful laments, his own devastating story, become impossible to turn away from.
Beneath this parodic spy novel about a woman caught in the crossfire between the past and the future lies a profound treatise on human history. Written in short, vaulting sections, Creation Lake is Rachel Kushner’s finest achievement yet as a novelist – a work of high art, high comedy, keen insights and irresistible pleasure.
MEDIA REVIEWS
Kushner is one of America's greatest living authors - Daily Telegraph
Kushner is a young master. I honestly don't know how she is able to know so much and convey all of this in such a completely entertaining and mesmerising way - George Saunders, author of Lincoln in the Bardo
Rachel Kushner’s The Mars Room shows what happens when a smart writer gets truly serious. It is a necessary and compelling book, and this year’s must read - Anne Enright, author of The Gathering
The Mars Room cements Kushner's status as one of America's finest writers - Vogue
A thrilling and prodigious novelist - Jonathan Franzen, author of Freedom
If you haven’t heard of Rachel Kushner yet, you soon will. The American novelist has earned comparisons to Jennifer Egan and Jonathan Franzen… The Mars Room makes for a compelling read. Imagine a darker version of Orange Is the New Black - Sunday Times
The Mars Room is a portrait of contemporary America from one of the literary world's most exciting emerging writers - Evening Standard
A wild and brilliantly plotted piece of science fiction… Think Kill Bill written by John le Carré: smart, funny and compulsively readable - Observer, Books to Look Out For 2024*
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