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Biographical note
Rachel Kushner is the author of The Hard Crowd, her acclaimed essay collection, and the internationally bestselling novels The Mars Room, The Flamethrowers, and Telex from Cuba, as well as a book of short stories, The Strange Case of Rachel K. She has won the Prix Médicis and been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Folio Prize, and was twice a finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction. She is a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and the recipient of the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her books are translated into twenty-seven languages.Rachel Kushner’s debut novel is<b> an absolute blinder</b>... Like the sea which surrounds Cuba, <i>Telex From Cuba</i> is ever-shifting, and <b>it is luminous</b>
The Times
If you relish <b>glittering </b>language that pursues emotional and political truth, you'll be enthralled by <i>Telex from Cuba... </i>the atmosphere <b>seethes and crackles</b>... [a]<b> </b><b>lush, intoxicating</b> book
Independent
<i>Telex from Cuba</i> is<b> epic and enjoyable: the style is lush and precise</b>; the parties and cookouts, the drinks and affairs are beautiful and poignant, full of the pleasures of wealth overshadowed by loss.
- Anne Enright, Guardian
<b>Fascinating and vividly detailed</b>... 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
Observer
<b>A piece of fiction quite breathtaking in its assurance</b> […] a beautifully weighted treatise on colonial attitudes, capitalism, racism and the interactions and divisions between cultures and classes
- Billy O'Callaghan, Irish Examiner
A <b>lush, meticulous, cinematic</b> debut novel
Elle
<b>Kushner evokes a dreamlike paradise</b>... A poignant tale
- Antonia Charlesworth, Big Issue
[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, Sunday Telegraph
Detail-packed prose
Glasgow Herald
Deeply evocative... A fascinating and vividly detailed portrait of the country
- Natasha Tripney, Observer
An intriguing, multifaceted portrait of a society in flux
- David Evans, Independent on Sunday
Massively compelling… Tough yet tender writing that throbs with history, nostalgia and love
Bath Chronicle
It begs for a big-screen adaptation
London Magazine
Telex 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, Nudge
[Telex From Cuba] proves that this American author is a superstar of the future
- Nick Barley, Herald