Rachel Kushner, Author . Scribner $25 (322p) ISBN 978-1-4165-6103-3
Kushner’s colorful, character-driven debut succinctly captures the essence of life for a gilded circle of American expats in pre-Castro Cuba, chronicling a mélange of philandering spouses, privileged carousers and their rebellious...
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Rachel Kushner, Author , read by Lloyd James. Tantor Audio $34.99 (
, unabridged, 11 CDs, 13 hrs., $34.99 ISBN ) ISBN 978-1-4001-0834-3
, unabridged, 11 CDs, 13 hrs., $34.99 ISBN ) ISBN 978-1-4001-0834-3
This stunning debut novel tells a truly inspired and unforgettable tale of two young children, Everly and K.C., who live and work on a sugar farm in Cuba during an uprising led by the Castro brothers. Filled with rich imagery, loathsome characters...
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Rachel Kushner. Scribner, $26 (400p) ISBN 978-1-4391-4200-4
This rich second novel from Kushner (Telex from Cuba) takes place in late-’70s New York City and Italy. Reno is a young filmmaker “shopping for experiences,” who, as the novel opens, is attempting to set a land-speed record on her Moto Valera...
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Rachel Kushner. New Directions, $19.95 (96p) ISBN 978-0-8112-2421-5
Kushner (The Flamethrowers) imagines Cuban history in this small collection of strong prose. In “The Great Exception," a Portuguese admiral reminiscent of Christopher Columbus in 1492 discovers Cuba. Hundreds of years later, a woman named Aloha...
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Rachel Kushner. Scribner, $27 (352p) ISBN 978-1-4767-5655-4
Two-time National Book Award finalist Kushner (The Flamethrowers) delivers a heartbreaking and unforgettable novel set in a California women’s prison. Single mother Romy Leslie Hall is serving two consecutive life sentences at the Stanville Women’s...
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Rachel Kushner. Scribner, $26 (272p) ISBN 978-1-982-15769-2
Character sketches and nostalgic detail pepper this wide-ranging essay collection from Kushner (The Mars Room). Blending criticism with memoir, Kushner tackles such subjects as abolitionism and the Bay Area’s biker scene in the 1980s. “Girl on a...
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Rachel Kushner. Scribner, $29 (416p) ISBN 978-1-9821-1652-1
An undercover agent embeds with radical French environmentalists in this scintillating story of activism and espionage from Kushner (The Mars Room).
Sadie Smith, a former FBI agent who lost her job after she was accused of entrapment, takes an...
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