Rachel Kushner

'Kushner está emergiendo rápidamente como un novelista emocionante y prodigiosa.' Jonathan FranzenLos lanzallamas hace honor a su incendiario título. Es un libro brillante y sorprendente, verdaderamente revolucionario, sobre el mundo del arte de Nueva York de los años setenta, la lucha de clases italiana, y la aceleracion ciega de los jovenes hacia lo desconocido. Kushner es una estilista genial de la prosa, y su Reno es uno de los protagonistas mas plenamente efectivos que me he encontrado, moviendose fluidamente desde el borde del movimiento marginal al centro de la accion. Quiero recomendar este impresionante libro a todos los que conozco.' Karen Russell'Oscilando entre el mundo artistico del Nueva York hedonista e Italia en medio de los años de plomo, Los lanzallamas es esa cosa rara, una novela que utiliza la historia reciente no como un pintoresco telon de fondo, sino como una manera de interrogar el presente. La prosa urgente y la agudeza psicologica de Kushner hacen de esta una de las novelas mas atractivas y agradables que he leido este año.' Hari Kunzru

This summer, meet Sadie Smith: seductive, cunning and going undercover the Booker-shortlisted, wickedly entertaining New York Times bestsellerHugely enjoyable SUNDAY TIMESWonderfully seductive ALAN HOLLINGHURSTReally fantastic get it! SARAH JESSICA PARKEREntrancing MICK HERRONSadie Smith a 34-year-old American undercover agent of ruthless tactics and bold opinions is 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. Sadie casts her cynical eye over this region of ancient farms and sleepy villages, and finds Brunos idealism laughable, but just as she is certain shes 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 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.

En los años cincuenta la economía cubana está dominada por Estados Unidos, que ejerce un férreo control de la producción de azúcar y níquel. En la provincia de Oriente, donde están establecidas algunas de las grandes compañias norteamericanas, la clase dominante, formada por directivos estadounidenses y sus familias, lleva un estilo de vida casi colonial. Everly Lederer y K. C. Stites son dos niños que se han criado en ese pequeño paraiso de olor dulzon y clima amable, rodeados de criados y de una naturaleza exuberante, y desde el que apenas atisban la situacion real de la isla. Mientras, en las montañas, un grupo de barbudos encabezado por Fidel Castro comienza a organizarse y a poner en marcha una revolucion que acabara con la caida del dictador Batista y la expulsion de los norteamericanos de Cuba. Y en La Habana, La Maziere, un oscuro traficante de armas frances coquetea con una bailarina de cabare que le facilitara el acceso a los cubanos mas poderosos. A traves de estos personajes y sus historias entrecruzadas, Telex desde Cuba nos ofrece una vision inedita de un periodo crucial de la historia contemporanea que certifico el fin de una epoca.

Novela del año según TIME y finalista del Man Booker Prize. «Áspera, empática, finamente construida, sin edulcorantes y cargada de golpes, ninguno de ellos suave.»Margaret Atwood «La mayor parte de

FINALISTA DEL BOOKER 2024Sadie Smith, una seductora y astuta espía estadounidense, ha sido enviada por sus misteriosos y poderosos empleadores a un remoto rincón de Francia.Su misión: infiltrarse en una comuna de activistas eco-radicales, influenciados por las creencias de un enigmatico anciano, Bruno Lacombe, que ha rechazado la civilizacion, vive en una cueva neandertal y defiende que el camino hacia la iluminacion es un regreso al primitivismo.Sadie, con su mirada cinica, observa esta region de antiguas granjas y pueblos adormecidos y se burla del idealismo de Bruno. Pero, justo cuando esta convencida de que es la seductora y titiritera de todos a los que vigila, Bruno Lacombe comienza a seducirla a ella con sus ingeniosas contra-historias, sus lamentos llenos de arte y su propia historia tragica.Bajo esta deslumbrante y tensa trama de espionaje e intriga, se esconde la historia de una mujer atrapada en el fuego cruzado entre el pasado y el futuro, y una profunda reflexion sobre la historia de la humanidad.

This is shortlisted for the Folio Prize 2014. It is longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Reno mounts her motorcycle and sets a collision course for New York. In 1977 the city is alive with art, sensuality and danger. She falls in with a bohemian clique colonising downtown and the lines between reality and performance begin to bleed. A passionate affair with the scion of an Italian tyre empire carries Reno to Milan, where she is swept along by the radical left and drawn into a spiral of violence and betrayal. The Flamethrowers is an audacious novel that explores the perplexing allure of femininity, fakery and fear. In Reno we encounter a heroine like no other. Best Books of the Year: Guardian; New York Times; The Times; Observer; Financial Times; New Yorker; Telegraph; Slate; Oprah; Vogue; Time; Scotsman; and Evening Standard. It is shortlisted for the National Book Awards 2013.

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024****INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**'Imagine Slow Horses Jackson Lamb in the body of Jodie Comers character in Killing Eve' SUNDAY TIMES'Compulsively readable... Kill Bill written by John le Carre' OBSERVERSeductive 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 Brunos idealism laughable, but just as she is certain shes 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.'The most exciting writer of her generation' BRET EASTON ELLIS'Reinvents the spy novel in one cool, erudite gesture' HERNAN DIAZ

Fidel and Raúl Castro are in the hills, descending only to burn sugarcane plantations and recruit rebels. Rachel K is in Havana''s Cabaret Tokio, entangled with a French agitator trying to escape hi

An epic novel that encompasses fifty years of American historyWith an introduction by Rachel KushnerUnderworld opens - famously - at the Dodgers-Giants 1951 National League final, where Bobby Thomson hits The Shot Heard Round the World and wins the pennant race for the Giants. But on the other side of the planet, another highly significant shot was fired: the USSR''s first atomic detonation. And so begins a masterpiece of gloriously symphonic storytelling.DeLillo loosely follows the fate of the winning baseball as the book swells and rolls through time. He offers a panoramic vision of America, defined by the overarching conflict of the cold war. This is an awe-inspiring story, seen in deep, clear detail, of men and women, together and apart, as they search for meaning, survival and connection in the toughest of times.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of internationally acclaimed The Flamethrowers a fearless and heartbreaking novel about love, friendship and incarceration.Romy Hall is starting two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Womens Correctional Facility. Her crime? The killing of her stalker.Inside awaits a world where women must hustle and fight for the bare essentials. Outside: the San Francisco of her youth. The Mars Room strip club where she was once a dancer. Her seven-year-old son, Jackson. As Romy forms friendships over liquor brewed in socks and stories shared through sewage pipes her future seems to unfurl in one long, unwavering line until news from beyond the prison bars forces Romy to try and outrun her destiny.'Kushner is one of our most outstanding modern writers' STYLIST'More knowing about prison life [than Orange Is The New Black]... so powerful' NEW YORK TIMES'Breathtaking' VOGUE

Romy Hall, vingt-neuf ans, vient d ªtre transférée á la prison pour femmes de Stanville, en Californie. Cette ancienne strip-teaseuse doit y purger deux peines consécutives de réclusion á perpétuité, plus six ans, pour avoir tue l homme qui la harcelait. Dans son malheur, elle se raccroche a une certitude : son fils de sept ans, Jackson, est en securite avec sa mere. Jusqu au jour o l administration penitentiaire lui remet un courrier qui fait tout basculer.Oscillant entre le quotidien de ces detenues, redoutables et attachantes, et la jeunesse de Romy dans le San Francisco des annees 1980, Le Mars Club dresse le portrait d une societe en marge de l Amerique contemporaine.Cette comedie noire est la confirmation d un talent feroce qui lie conscience sociale et humour coriace. D une beaute souvent saisissante, Le Mars Club degage une sorte d assurance captivante. Marguerite Baux, Elle.Une prose electrique. Eric Neuhoff, Le Figaro litteraire.Phenomene de la nouvelle scene litteraire americaine, Rachel Kushner signe un troisieme roman virtuose. Leonard Billot, Les Inrockuptibles.Prix Medicis etranger.Traduit de l anglais (Etats-Unis) par Sylvie Schneiter.

Um livro ácido e cortante sobre a rotina de uma prisão para mulheres.Romy Hall está no ônibus que irá levá-la para uma prisão na Califórnia, onde encontrará um mundo novo, repleto de regras próprias,

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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024****INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**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 Brunos idealism laughable, but just as she is certain shes 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.

Novela del año según TIME y finalista delManBookerPrize.«Áspera, empática, finamente construida, sin edulcorantes y cargada de golpes,ninguno de ellos suave.» Margaret Atwood«La mayor parte de los