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Strange Case of Rachel K by Rachel Kushner (2016, Trade Paperback)

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"The Strange Case of Rachel K" by Rachel Kushner is a trade paperback book published by New Directions Publishing Corporation in 2016. It is a work of fiction in English, consisting of 80 pages of short stories exploring literary and historical themes. The book measures 7.1 inches in length, 4.6 inches in width, and 0.3 inches in height, with an item weight of 2.5 ounces.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherNew Directions Publishing Corporation

ISBN-100811225534

ISBN-139780811225533

eBay Product ID (ePID)219294599

Product Key Features

Book TitleStrange Case of Rachel K

Number of Pages80 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicShort Stories (Single Author), Literary, Historical

GenreFiction

AuthorRachel Kushner

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight2.5 Oz

Item Length7.1 in

Item Width4.6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsKushner's writing is fluid and clear and possesses a rhythm as determined as an ocean current. Readers will encounter three stories of terrific depth., Rowdy, funny, and brilliant.... It's not necessary to remember Mark Twain's classic to enjoy this tale.... It's Cormac McCarthy's 'Blood Meridian' narrated by the good-natured Huck.... Coover takes Twain's characters and creates a worthy extension of their lives. In doing that, he creates a scathing vision of the violent Westward movement as seen through the innocent eyes of Huckleberry Finn., Her prose has a poise and wariness and moral graininess that puts you in the mind of weary-souled visionaries like Robert Stone and Joan Didion., Mr. Coover has been one of the country's leading postmodernists. But Huck Out West doesn't deconstruct The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn so much as reprise it.0 as in Twain's original, the winsome humor of Huck's 'muddytatings' lend the story a deceptive innocence., Huck Out West [is] the latest to emerge from this wild genius's half-century outpouring of postmodernist books, stories, novellas and plays.... Under Coover's hell-hot pen.... this pulsating anti-epic... establishes Huck in exactly the place Twain himself planned to take him., Full of vibrantly different stories and histories, all of them particular, all of them brilliantly alive., A spacious-skies frontier ripsnorter that stands alone as a wildly funny, violently imaginative Western yarn with flamboyant plot turns and caustic humor Twain himself might have appreciated, if not envied.... [A] droll yet faithful replication of Twain's first-person narration.

Dewey Decimal813/.6

SynopsisNow in paperback, three early stories about myth, power, and sex by the acclaimed author of The Flamethrowers, The three pieces gathered in The Strange Case of Rachel K roughly map the genesis of Rachel Kushner's fiction. From the fate of a conquistador in "The Great Exception," to the illegal radio broadcasts and then bombs in "Debouchment," to a Havana courtesan's "strange" case, these stories build into a vision of Cuba that is black-humored, brutal, and beautiful. In this collection, which "overflows in atmosphere as it shows off the burgeoning talent of one of our best writers" ( NPR ), Rachel Kushner is forging her own original path into the wilds of contemporary fiction., The three pieces gathered in The Strange Case of Rachel K roughly map the genesis of Rachel Kushner's fiction. From the fate of a conquistador in "The Great Exception," to the illegal radio broadcasts and then bombs in "Debouchment," to a Havana courtesan's "strange" case, these stories build into a vision of Cuba that is black-humored, brutal, and beautiful. In this collection, which "overflows in atmosphere as it shows off the burgeoning talent of one of our best writers" (NPR), Rachel Kushner is forging her own original path into the wilds of contemporary fiction.