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The controversy over Rachel Cusk’s Life of M misses the point

Rachel Cusk is prone to controversy. Her clinical gaze and razor-sharp brilliance, across a range of novels and memoirs, have long divided critical opinion, earning her a formidable reputation for both literary genius and personal cruelty. Her latest book, Life of M, is no exception.

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The literary scandal of the year? Rachel Cusk's 'Life of M' / Natalie Portman drama explained

Is Natalie Portman really the subject of Rachel Cusk’s new novel? Or is this manufactured literary drama designed to generate buzz?

Euronews

Life of M by Rachel Cusk: A frustratingly precise character assassination

Rachel Cusk’s latest book is supposedly about Natalie Portman, and there are signs

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Is Natalie Portman really the subject of Rachel Cusk’s new novel? Nine things you need to know about the literary hoo-haa

Fiction sleuths are obsessed with the idea that the book, Life of M, is a flagrant riff on the actor’s life. And despite being a firm Cusk fan, Portman is reportedly not happy

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The rise of ‘biogossip’: Rachel Cusk’s Natalie Portman novel is the latest in a delicious literary lineage

The much-discussed Life of M is the latest in a lineage of celebrity satire that spans from Virginia Woolf to The Devil Wears Prada

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From Ludwig to Ariana Grande: the week in rave reviews

David Mitchell’s quirky puzzle-maker is back with the low-stakes murder mystery, while the US pop superstar’s Eternal Sunshine tour continues its London residency

The Guardian - UK

Life of M by Rachel Cusk review – is this story of a film star based on Natalie Portman?

A teasing tale of the friendship between a writer and an actor explores the fallout from fame, and the blurring between pretence and reality

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Natalie Portman ‘annoyed’ by Rachel Cusk novel accused of mining her life

‘Life of M: A Novel’ is believed to be a loose interpretation of Portman’s life as a celebrity

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Natalie Portman Reportedly Finds Rachel Cusk's 'Life of M' 'Annoying' Amid Claims Character Is Based on Her

Natalie Portman is reportedly 'annoyed' by Rachel Cusk's novel 'Life of M', which allegedly mirrors her life. The controversy raises questions about artistic inspiration versus real-life imitation.

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Natalie Portman’s “Diva” Reputation Gets Ugly As New Book Allegedly Paints Unflattering Picture Of Her

Natalie Portman is allegedly furious after many have been comparing her to the cold, calculating, and self-absorbed fictional character in an upcoming novel.

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'Real Low Blow': Natalie Portman Reportedly Furious Over Rachel Cusk Novel 'Life of M' Today

Natalie Portman is reportedly upset over speculation that Rachel Cusk's novel 'Life of M' is based on her, with sources claiming she feels violated by the rumours circulating in Paris

International Business Times UK

Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert review – how pop culture turned a generation of women against themselves

The Pulitzer-nominated journalist recounts how modern misogyny has been shaped by a mass culture attuned to male desire and all-pervasive pornography

The Guardian - UK

Audition by Katie Kitamura review – an evasive experiment

This tricksy novel from the author of A Separation takes its cue from Rachel Cusk’s Outline trilogy – but what starts as intrigue soon starts to feel like time-wasting

The Guardian - UK

Maternity Service by Emma Barnett review – a tour of duty in early motherhood

In this valuable, brutally honest guide, the broadcaster argues that a supposedly joyful time is often steeped in drudgery and social isolation

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The ten best novels of 2024 – according to literary experts

With Something Good, the arts and culture newsletter from The Conversation UK, we aim to cut through the noise and recommend the very best in new releases every fortnight. In 2024, we’ve been spoiled for choice when it comes to recommending fiction. From Samantha Harvey’s spellbinding Booker winner Orbital to…

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Stay With Me by Hanne Ørstavik review – looking for love

The acclaimed Norwegian author explores the impact of childhood trauma in this portrait of a life lived in fear

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Rachel Cusk wins Goldsmiths prize for novel ‘that turns the world inside out’

Parade, which focuses on three artists, all named G, takes this year’s honour for mould-breaking fiction

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2024 Goldsmiths prize shortlist spotlights ‘the novel at its most novel’

Rachel Cusk, Neel Mukherjee and Jonathan Buckley and three debut authors in contention for award promoting innovation in fiction

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Parade by Rachel Cusk review: a daring work of experimentation that strikes out against conformity

Rachel Cusk is an author some British reviewers love to hate. Take her new book for example, one reviewer at the Times derided the author as “one of our truly world-class misérables”, trivialising and reviling what she calls “a plotless, introspective book about how hard it is to be Rachel…

The Independent UK

How Rachel Cusk’s divisive parenting memoir saved me in early motherhood

Her groundbreaking book ‘Matrescence’, a study of the transition into motherhood, has won Lucy Jones plaudits and an army of dedicated readers. But she could never have written it all without Rachel Cusk’s unflinching 2001 parenting memoir, ‘A Life’s Work’ – a book that was met with frenzied outrage upon…

The Walrus

Rachel Cusk’s Parade Turns the Novel Upside Down

In the book, characters exist, sort of, but they’re mostly artists, and they’re almost all named G

The Guardian - UK

Parade by Rachel Cusk review – cold visions of chaos

The world is turned upside down in an experimental novel about art, observation and making stories

The Guardian - UK

Where to start with: Rachel Cusk

From a novel sequence that dispenses with much of what we expect from fiction to fearlessly honest memoirs of motherhood and divorce, Cusk is a challenging writer. But also a genius

The Guardian - UK

Parade by Rachel Cusk review – a brilliant and unsettling feat

With this freewheeling examination of creation, gender and art, the bold and original Cusk is ever more determined to write about life precisely as she finds it

The Independent UK

Alba Arikha, Two Hours review: A wonderful, wry lesson in forging a life without regret

Spanning almost 40 years of a woman’s life, ‘Two Hours’ has all the highly aestheticised self-scrutiny of Rachel Cusk, only much more amusing

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