A novel about writing and talking, self-effacement and self-expression, about the desire to create and the human art of self-portraiture in which that desire finds its universal form.

Midway through his life, an artist begins to paint upside down.

In Paris, a woman is attacked by a stranger in the street.

A mother dies. A man falls to his death. Couples seek escape in distant lands.

The new novel from one of the most distinctive writers of the age, Parade 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.

Praise for the Outline trilogy:

'A work o...

The paperback of the final part of Rachel Cusk's hugely acclaimed trilogy - after Outline (2014) and Transit (2016).

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021

'A classic, but with contemporary urgency thumping through it.'

Claire-Louise Bennett, author of Pond

A woman invites a famed artist to the remote coastal landscape where she lives. Drawn to his paintings, she believes his vision may penetrate the mystery at the centre of her life. But as a long, dry summer sets in, his provocative presence soon twists the patterns of her secluded household.

'The most singular book . . . A psychodrama that is both timeless...

New paperback edition of the novel from the dazzlingly talented author of the Baileys-shortlisted Outline.