Seductive and cunning American spy-for-hire Sadie Smith has been sent by her mysterious but powerful employers to a remote corner of France.
Her mission: to infiltrate a commune of radical eco-activists influenced by the beliefs of an enigmatic elder, Bruno Lacombe, who has rejected civilisation, lives in a Neanderthal cave, and believes the path to enlightenment is a return to primitivism.
Sadie casts her cynical eye over this region of ancient farms and sleepy villages, and finds Bruno’s idealism laughable, but just as she is certain she’s the seductress and puppet master of those she surveils, Bruno Lacombe is seducing her with his ingenious counter-histories, his artful laments, his own tragic story.
Beneath this a taut, dazzling story of espionage and intrigue lies one of a woman caught in the crossfire between the past and the future, and a profound treatise on human history.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781787334380
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 03/09/2024
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Rachel Kushner
Rachel Kushner nació en Eugene (Oregón) en 1968. Graduada en Berkeley, obtuvo un máster en Escritura Creativa en la Universidad de Columbia de Nueva York, donde residió durante ocho años y trabajó de editora en las revistasGrand Street yBOMB. Sus ensayos y relatos han aparecido en revistas comoThe Believer,Artforum oThe New York Times Book Review. Actualmente vive en Los Ángeles, donde edita la revistaSoft Targets y trabaja en una nueva obra. En 2008 publicóTélex desde Cuba, su primera y aclamada novela.