NewYorkTimesBookReview100NotableBooksof2018-AmazonEditors’Top100of2018RachelCusk,theaward-winningandcriticallyacclaimedauthorofOutlineandTransit,completesthetranscendentliterarytrilogywithKudos,anovelofunsettlingpower.AwomanwritervisitsaEuropeinflux,wherequestionsofpersonalandpoliticalidentityarerisingtothesurfaceandthetraumaofchangeisopeningupnewpossibilitiesoflossandrenewal.Withintheritualsofliteraryculture,Fayefindsthehumanstoryindisarrayamiddifferingattitudestowardthepublicperformanceofthecreativepersona.Shebeginstoidentifyamongthepeopleshemeetsatensionbetweentruthandrepresentation,afissurethataccruesgreatdramaticforceasKudosreachesaprofoundandbeautifulclimax.Inthisconclusiontohergroundbreakingtrilogy,Cuskunflinchinglyexploresthenatureoffamilyandart,justiceandlove,andtheultimatevalueofsuffering.Sheiswithoutquestiononeofourmostimportantlivingwriters.
