The Mars Room Rachel Kushner

More than a week before the release of rachel kushner s new novel the mars room the new york times published an excerpt in a special 12 page section.

The mars room rachel kushner.

She knew that the. She began her bachelor s in political economy at the university of california berkeley when she was only sixteen and went on to obtain an mfa in creative writing from columbia university. Hauntingly illustrated and spiced with artsy pull quotes it was an extraordinary presentation designed to proclaim the advent of an extraordinary book. Rachel kushner is the bestselling author of three novels.

Rachel kushner born 1968 is an american writer known for her novels telex from cuba 2008 the flamethrowers 2013 and the mars room 2018. And telex from cuba a finalist for the national book award she grew up in san francisco and lives in los angeles. The title of rachel kushner s new novel the mars room refers to a san francisco strip club. The mars room is the worst and most notorious the.

It s not just any strip club either. The mars room by rachel kushner review what it means to be poor and female in america this unflinching and immersive portrait of prison life is a worthy follow up to the flamethrowers. The flamethrowers a finalist for the national book award and a new york times top ten book of 2013. The mars room affirms rachel kushner as one of our best novelists her stories slink in the margins but they have the feel of something iconic leah greenblatt entertainment weekly kushner is a woman with the chops ambition and killer instinct to rub shoulders with all those big swinging male egos who routinely get worshipped.

When rachel kushner set out to write the mars room there were a few things she knew immediately she knew she wanted it to take place inside an institution maybe a prison. Rachel kushner is the only writer to ever be nominated for a national book award in fiction for both a first and second novel. The riveting story of a young artist and the worlds she encounters in new york and rome in the mid 1970s by turns underground elite and dangerous.