Rachel Kushner has written an astonishingly wise, ambitious, and riveting novel set in the American community in Cuba during the years leading up to Castro's revolution -- a place that was a paradise for a time and for a few. The first novel to tell the story of the Americans who were driven out in [...]

Rachel Kushner's first novel, "Telex from Cuba, "was nominated for a National Book Award and reviewed on the cover of "The New York Times Book Review." Her second novel, even more ambitious and brilliant, is the riveting story of a young artist and the worlds she encounters in New York and Rome in t[...]

The year is 1975 and Reno ? so-called because of the place of her birth ? has come to New York intent on turning her fascination with motorcycles and speed into art. Her arrival coincides with an explosion of activity in the art world ? artists have colonized a deserted and industrial SoHo, are stag[...]

The year is 1977 and Reno - so called because of the place of her birth - has come to New York intent on turning her fascination with motorcycles and speed into art. Her arrival coincides with an explosion of activity in the art world - artists have colonised a deserted and industrial SoHo, are squa[...]

»Kushner er hurtigt på vej frem som en fænomenal og forbløffende romanforfatter.«
- Jonathan Franzen   

Året er 1975, og Reno er netop ankommet til New York. Hun er fast besluttet på at transformere sin fascination af motorcykler og fart til kunst. I SOHOs gamle industribygninger[...]

Året är 1975, i New York exploderar konstscenen och i staden som aldrig sover flockas konstnärer, gallerister, mecenater, musiker, radikala och de som bara vill ha sin del av kakan. Hit flyttar den unga Reno för att kombinera sina stora passioner, konst och motorcyklar. Hennes mål: att göra mo[...]