Ebook {Epub PDF} The Strange Case of Rachel K by Rachel Kushner

From the mythical title story, to the ominous “Debouchment” — originally published in her too short-lived journal Soft Targets — to the sexy and noirish “Strange Case of Rachel K,” this is Kushner saddling up for a journey into the wilds of the modern novel/5(15).  · The action unfolds explicitly in Havana in against a backdrop of Batista's rise to power; it focuses on the mysterious Rachel K, a "zazou" dancer from Paris who entertains (in all senses) her male audience and particularly gets the attention of Christian de la Mazière, a French Nazi now living on the island after having been sentenced to five years in a rather cushy www.doorway.ru: New Directions Publishing Corporation.  · "The Strange Case of Rachel K," a new collection of early stories from Rachel Kushner, offers a glimpse of the inspiration for her debut novel, "Telex Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins.

The Strange Case of Rachel K Rachel Kushner. New Directions, $ (96p) ISBN More By and About This Author. ARTICLES. Life Behind Bars: PW Talks with Rachel Kushner; OTHER. The Strange Case of Rachel K Fiction by Rachel Kushner The three pieces gathered in The Strange Case of Rachel K roughly map the genesis of Rachel Kushner's fiction. From the fate of a conquistador in "The Great Exception," to the illegal radio broadcasts and then bombs in "Debouchment," to a Havana courtesan's "strange" case, these stories build into a vision of Cuba that is. From the mythical title story, to the ominous "Debouchment" — originally published in her too short-lived journal Soft Targets — to the sexy and noirish "Strange Case of Rachel K," this is Kushner saddling up for a journey into the wilds of the modern novel.

The title piece, "The Strange Case Of Rachel K.," comes from Kushner's knowledge of a film about a German-Jewish-Havana club dancer known as Rachel K. Rachel K.'s mother supposedly abandoned her. The action unfolds explicitly in Havana in against a backdrop of Batista's rise to power; it focuses on the mysterious Rachel K, a "zazou" dancer from Paris who entertains (in all senses) her male audience and particularly gets the attention of Christian de la Mazière, a French Nazi now living on the island after having been sentenced to five years in a rather cushy prison. "The Strange Case of Rachel K," a new collection of early stories from Rachel Kushner, offers a glimpse of the inspiration for her debut novel, "Telex From Cuba." (Ricardo DeAratanha, Los Angeles.