Книга: Rachel Kushner «The Flamethrowers»

The Flamethrowers

The year is 1977 and Reno - so called because of the place of her birth - has come to New York intent on turning her fascination with motorcycles and speed into art. Her arrival coincides with an explosion of activity in the art world - artists have colonised a deserted and industrial SoHo, are squatting in the East Village, and are blurring the line between life and art. Reno meets a group of dreamers and raconteurs who submit her to a sentimental education of sorts. She begins an affair with an artist named Sandro Valera, the semi-estranged heir of an Italian tyre and motorcycle empire. When they visit Sandro's family home in Italy, Reno falls in with members of the radical movement that overtook Italy in 1977. Betrayal sends her reeling into a clandestine undertow. The Flamethrowers is a fearless novel, an intensely engaging exploration of the mystique of the feminine, the fake the terrorist. In the centre of it all is Kushner's brilliantly realised protagonist, a young woman on the verge.

Издательство: "Random House" (2014)

ISBN: 978-0-09-958698-2

Rachel Kushner

Rachel Kushner (b. 1968) is a writer who lives in Los Angeles. She was born in Eugene, Oregon, and moved to San Francisco in 1979. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and earned her MFA in creative writing from Columbia University in 2000. Kushner lived in New York City for 8 years, where she was an editor at "Grand Street (magazine)" and "BOMB (magazine)". She has written widely on contemporary art, including numerous features in "Artforum". [ [http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=1&pid=586149 Author Page on Simon & Schuster website] ] She is currently an editor of "Soft Targets", praised by "The New York Times" as an "excellent, Brooklyn-based journal of art, fiction and poetry." [Cotter, Holland (2006-08-16). [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/16/arts/design/16dee.html?ei=5088&en=58890f7f8e3dd830&ex=1313380800&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print “At a Group Show in Chelsea, the Art Is Sharp but the Categories Blurry”.] New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-06-29.]

Her first novel, "Telex from Cuba", was published by Scribner in July 2008. It was the cover review of the July 6, 2008 isssue of "The New York Times Book Review", where it was described as a "multi-layered and absorbing" novel whose "sharp observations about human nature and colonialist bias provide a deep understanding of the revolution's causes." [Cokal, Susann (2008-07-06). [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/books/review/Cokal-t.html "Livin' La Vida Local"] New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-07-15.]

References

External links

* [http://www.telexfromcuba.com/ "Telex from Cuba" website]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/books/review/Cokal-t.html?ref=review Review of "Telex from Cuba" in "The New York Times"]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071702407.html Review of "Telex from Cuba" in "The Washington Post"]
* [http://www.oregonlive.com/O/artsandbooks/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1215469597176120.xml&coll=7 Review of "Telex from Cuba" in "The Oregonian"]
* [http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-kushner5-2008jul05,0,3915044.story Feature on "Telex from Cuba" in Los Angeles Times]
* [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008045493_firstnovels13.html Review of "Telex from Cuba" in "The Seattle Times"]
* [http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/books/39081/castro-turf Feature on "Telex from Cuba" in "Time Out New York"]
* [http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/015_02/2475/ Review of "Telex from Cuba" in "Bookforum"]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/books/chapters/chapter-telex-from-cuba.html?_r=1&oref=login&pagewanted=all Excerpt from "Telex from Cuba" published in "The New York Times"]
* [http://www.bombsite.com/issues/96/articles/2832 Excerpt from "Telex from Cuba" published in "BOMB (magazine)"]
* [http://www.powellsbooks.com/ink/rachelkushner.html Interview on Powell's website]
* [http://www.softtargetsjournal.com/ "Soft Targets" journal]

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