A Life's Work
'A writer of almost electrifying intensity.' Irish Times
Published on 20. March 2014
240 pages
978-0-571-31614-4 (ISBN)
Description
'I laughed out loud, often, in painful recognition.' Esther Freud
'Cusk has created a work of beauty and wisdom.' New Statesman
'Cusk is not afraid to address frankly the grief for freedom lost, the despair, pain, boredom and guilt - all in the context of the mother's unspeakable love for the baby.' Stephanie Merritt, Observer
A Life's Work is Rachel Cusk's funny, moving, brutally honest account of her early experiences of motherhood. An education in babies, books, breast-feeding, toddler groups, broken nights, bad advice and never being alone, it is a landmark work, which has provoked acclaim and outrage in equal measure.
'Cusk has created a work of beauty and wisdom.' New Statesman
'Cusk is not afraid to address frankly the grief for freedom lost, the despair, pain, boredom and guilt - all in the context of the mother's unspeakable love for the baby.' Stephanie Merritt, Observer
A Life's Work is Rachel Cusk's funny, moving, brutally honest account of her early experiences of motherhood. An education in babies, books, breast-feeding, toddler groups, broken nights, bad advice and never being alone, it is a landmark work, which has provoked acclaim and outrage in equal measure.
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
File size
0,34 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-571-31614-4 (9780571316144)
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Book
03/2003
St Martin's Press
€36.68
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Person
Rachel Cusk is the author of Second Place (Prix Femina etranger), the Outline trilogy, the memoirs A Life's Work and Aftermath, and several other works of fiction and nonfiction, including her most recent novel Parade (Goldsmiths Prize, 2024). She is a Guggenheim Fellow, the recipient of the 2024 Malaparte Prize, and has been awarded the title of Chevalier de l'ordre des arts et des lettres. She lives in Paris.
Content
- Intro
- Landing Page
- Praise
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Introduction to This Edition
- Introduction
- Forty Weeks
- Lily Bart's Baby
- Colic and Other Stories
- Loving, Leaving
- Motherbaby
- Extra Fox
- Hell's Kitchen
- Help
- Don't Forget to Scream
- A Valediction to Sleep
- Breathe
- Heartburn
- Author biography
- Parade, a new novel from Rachel Cusk
- An extract from Parade
- Copyright
