Parade: WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE

WINNER OF THE 2024 GOLDSMITHS PRIZE'A brilliant, stark and unsettling feat.' Observer'Thoughtful and true ... Cusk is a disciple of the truth and she helps us to see.' Independent'Cusk's most formidable, radical and compelling novel yet.' The ConversationA path-breaking novel of art, womanhood and violence, from the author of the Outline trilogy. Midway through his life, an artist begins to paint upside down. In Paris, a woman is attacked by a stranger in the street. A mother dies. A man falls to his death. Couples seek escape in distant lands. The new novel from one of the most distinctive writers of the age, Parade sets loose a carousel of lives. It surges past the limits of identity, character, and plot, to tell a true story-about art, family, morality, gender, and how we compose ourselves.

WINNER OF THE 2024 GOLDSMITHS PRIZE

''A brilliant, stark and unsettling feat.'' OBSERVER
''Thoughtful and true ... Cusk is a disciple of the truth and she helps us to see.'' INDEPENDENT
''Cusk’s most formidable, radical and compelling novel yet.'' THE CONVERSATION

A path-breaking novel of art, womanhood and violence, from the author of the Outline trilogy.

Midway through his life, an artist begins to paint upside down.

In Paris, a woman is attacked by a stranger in the street.

A mother dies. A man falls to his death. Couples seek escape in distant lands.

The new novel from one of the most distinctive writers of the age, Parade sets loose a carousel of lives. It surges past the limits of identity, character, and plot, to tell a true story—about art, family, morality, gender, and how we compose ourselves.

• | Author: Rachel Cusk
• | Publisher: Faber & Faber
• | Publication Date: Jun 05, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780571377961
• | ISBN-10: 0571377963