The new novel from the author of “The Flamethrowers” follows the lives of a group of female prisoners.
The debut novel by New York Times best-selling author Rachel Kushner, called ¿shimmering¿ (The New Yorker), ¿multilayered and absorbing¿ (The New York Times Book Review), and ¿gorgeously written¿ (Kirkus Reviews).
Young Everly Lederer and K.C. Stites come of age in Oriente Province, where the Americans tend their own fiefdom amp;mdash; 300,000 acres of United Fruit Company sugarcane that surround their gated enclave. If the rural tropics are a child's dreamworld, Everly and K.C. nevertheless have keen eyes for the indulgences and betrayals of the grown-ups around them amp;mdash; the mordant drinking and illicit loves, the race hierarchies and violence.
In Havana, 1,000 kilometers and a world away from the American colony, a cabaret dancer meets a French agitator named Christian de La Mazière, whose seductive demeanor can't mask his shameful past. Together, they become enmeshed in the brewing political underground. When Fidel and Raúl Castro lead a revolt from the mountains above the cane plantation, torching the sugar and kidnapping a boat full of "yanqui" revelers, K.C. and Everly begin to discover the brutality that keeps the colony humming. Though their parents remain blissfully untouched by the forces of history, the children hear the whispers of what is to come.
Kushner's first novel is a tour de force, haunting and compelling, with the urgency of a telex from a forgotten time and place.
The debut novel by New York Times best-selling author Rachel Kushner, called ¿shimmering¿ (The New Yorker), ¿multilayered and absorbing¿ (The New York Times Book Review), and ¿gorgeously written¿ (Kirkus Reviews).
Young Everly Lederer and K.C. Stites come of age in Oriente Province, where the Americans tend their own fiefdom amp;mdash; 300,000 acres of United Fruit Company sugarcane that surround their gated enclave. If the rural tropics are a child's dreamworld, Everly and K.C. nevertheless have keen eyes for the indulgences and betrayals of the grown-ups around them amp;mdash; the mordant drinking and illicit loves, the race hierarchies and violence.
In Havana, 1,000 kilometers and a world away from the American colony, a cabaret dancer meets a French agitator named Christian de La Mazière, whose seductive demeanor can't mask his shameful past. Together, they become enmeshed in the brewing political underground. When Fidel and Raúl Castro lead a revolt from the mountains above the cane plantation, torching the sugar and kidnapping a boat full of "yanqui" revelers, K.C. and Everly begin to discover the brutality that keeps the colony humming. Though their parents remain blissfully untouched by the forces of history, the children hear the whispers of what is to come.
Kushner's first novel is a tour de force, haunting and compelling, with the urgency of a telex from a forgotten time and place.
Product Details
BN ID: | 2940171150747 |
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Publisher: | Ray Perreault |
Publication date: | 11/15/2019 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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