{"product_id":"telex-from-cuba","title":"Telex from Cuba","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kushner, Rachel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e VINTAGE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 03-04-2014\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFROM THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE MARS ROOMA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTIONFidel 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 his shameful past. Everly and K.C. are growing up in the dying days of a crumbling US colony, about to discover the cruelty and violence that have created their childhood idyll.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nReview\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nRachel Kushner’s debut novel is\u003cbr\u003e\n an absolute blinder... Like the sea which surrounds Cuba,\u003cbr\u003e\nTelex From Cuba is ever-shifting, and\u003cbr\u003e\nit is luminous ―\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIf you relish\u003cbr\u003e\nglittering language that pursues emotional and political truth, you'll be enthralled by\u003cbr\u003e\nTelex from Cuba... the atmosphere\u003cbr\u003e\nseethes and crackles... [a]\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\nlush, intoxicating book ―\u003cbr\u003e\nIndependent\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTelex from Cuba is\u003cbr\u003e\n epic and enjoyable: the style is lush and precise; the parties and cookouts, the drinks and affairs are beautiful and poignant, full of the pleasures of wealth overshadowed by loss. -- Anne Enright ―\u003cbr\u003e\nGuardian\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFascinating and vividly detailed... You can almost feel the heat radiating from the page: the air is mosquito-thick and tainted with a nickel oxide haze, the tropical landscape a character in its own right ―\u003cbr\u003e\nObserver\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA piece of fiction quite breathtaking in its assurance […] a beautifully weighted treatise on colonial attitudes, capitalism, racism and the interactions and divisions between cultures and classes -- Billy O'Callaghan ―\u003cbr\u003e\nIrish Examiner\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA\u003cbr\u003e\nlush, meticulous, cinematic debut novel ―\u003cbr\u003e\nElle\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nKushner evokes a dreamlike paradise... A poignant tale -- Antonia Charlesworth ―\u003cbr\u003e\nBig Issue\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n[Kushner's] cleverly counterposed registers and nuanced explanation of the way we make and remake ourselves elevates her book beyond the standard historical romp -- David Annand ―\u003cbr\u003e\nSunday Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDetail-packed prose ―\u003cbr\u003e\nGlasgow Herald\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDeeply evocative... A fascinating and vividly detailed portrait of the country -- Natasha Tripney ―\u003cbr\u003e\nObserver\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAn intriguing, multifaceted portrait of a society in flux -- David Evans ―\u003cbr\u003e\nIndependent on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMassively compelling… Tough yet tender writing that throbs with history, nostalgia and love ―\u003cbr\u003e\nBath Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIt begs for a big-screen adaptation ―\u003cbr\u003e\nLondon Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTelex from Cuba is a wonderful debut and essential reading for those who wish to follow the career of one of the best new writers of our generation -- Stephen Joyce ―\u003cbr\u003e\nNudge\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n[Telex From Cuba] proves that this American author is a superstar of the future -- Nick Barley ―\u003cbr\u003e\nHerald\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nRachel Kushner is the author of\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Mars Room, which was shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize. Her previous novels,\u003cbr\u003e\nTelex from Cuba and\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Flamethrowers, were both\u003cbr\u003e\nNew York Times bestsellers and finalists for the National Book Award. Her fiction has appeared in the\u003cbr\u003e\nNew Yorker,\u003cbr\u003e\nHarper’s and the\u003cbr\u003e\nParis Review. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780099586999\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.0 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VINTAGE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50108204417328,"sku":"Trans_9780099586999","price":600.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/91TzLHgTrSL.jpg?v=1756810111","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/bn\/products\/telex-from-cuba","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}