Cusk

[John Bailey]

Has anyone on the list read Rachel Cusk's trilogy (I think maybe you
have Mark K?)
I've had bouts of waking in the night recently and have read almost
all of the three books entirely between the hours of 3am-7am, but it's
easily the most accomplished writing I've encountered in years, maybe
decades. I don't want to try to describe what she does but it reframes
so much of my thoughts on fiction that I am constantly left marvelling
at what she's done.
Probably the closest comparison is Sebald; I also think of the
Norwegian novelist Vigdis Hjorth (maybe because I read her recently
too).
It's technically magnificent but also does things with
subjectivity/objectivity and the whole philosophy of narration that
are profound and striking.
That said, I could imagine a lot of readers thinking it was just a
bunch of conversations.