Parade

<p><b>** Pre-order <i>Life of M, </i>the new novel from Rachel Cusk, now **</b><br><br><b>''A brilliant, stark and unsettling feat.'' </b><i>OBSERVER</i><br><b>''Thoughtful and true ... Cusk is a disciple of the truth and she helps us to see.'' </b><i>INDEPENDENT</i><br><b>''Cusk’s most formidable, radical and compelling novel yet.''</b><i> THE CONVERSATION</i><br><br><b>A path-breaking novel of art, womanhood and violence, from the author of the </b><i><b>Outline</b></i><b> trilogy.</b><br><br>Midway through his life, an artist begins to paint upside down.<br><br>In Paris, a woman is attacked by a stranger in the street.<br><br>A mother dies. A man falls to his death. Couples seek escape in distant lands.<br><br>The new novel from one of the most distinctive writers of the age, <i>Parade</i> sets loose a carousel of lives. It surges past the limits of identity, character, and plot, to tell a true story—about art, family, morality, gender, and how we compose ourselves.</p>