![]() ![]() There’s Stanley who’s art installation, comprised of fluorescent tubes, was put together thanks to an algorithm. While he’s part of the crowd, he’s also one of the few who get to explore their art without worrying about money. She also gets involved with Sandro Valera, a second generation industrialist whose family created the Moto Valera motorcycle. In New York Reno becomes part of an artistic crowd - some new and young, some old stalwarts. It’s also, of course, smack in the middle of the feminist revolution - and the book takes a look at women and their roles: as object, free spirit, participant, support, creator. ![]() It’s set in the 1970s, when Reno, the 23-year-old protagonist, heads to New York from the Midwest to pursue art – and ask the big questions in life. writer has released the much anticipated The Flamethrowers, a work likely to get a similar reaction as Telex From Cuba. Five years after that first 2008 book, the U.S. Rachel Kushner’s first novel Telex From Cuba, created a sensation like few first novels do - and set the bar for her career very high. Delivering a follow-up to a first novel that takes the literary world by storm, winning prizes, getting rave reviews and even making it on the front page of the New York Times Book Review would, one would think, be a uniquely intimidating experience. ![]()
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