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A review by elnechnntt
Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation by Rachel Cusk
5.0
I devoured Cusk’s Outline trilogy last year and was knocked for six by the brevity of her writing, the compelling narratives she weaved, and the deliberate spaces left amongst the story. I didn’t think anything could add to what I perceived as a trilogy of perfection.
And then I read Aftermath.
What a phenomenal ‘touché’ to accompany her fiction.
The brutal honesty of her writing, the raw feeling and complexity of coming to terms with an experience many baffle their way through - it draws everything together. The mirror of herself in the narrator of the Outline trilogy is stark in this slim memoir. Cusk has once more set the bar for a new standard of exquisite writing.
And then I read Aftermath.
What a phenomenal ‘touché’ to accompany her fiction.
The brutal honesty of her writing, the raw feeling and complexity of coming to terms with an experience many baffle their way through - it draws everything together. The mirror of herself in the narrator of the Outline trilogy is stark in this slim memoir. Cusk has once more set the bar for a new standard of exquisite writing.