{"product_id":"9780571399802","title":"Life of M - Signed First Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Cusk, Rachel | Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945) \u003cbr\u003ePublished 27\/08\/2026 by FABER \u0026amp; FABER in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003eHardback | 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e216 x 135mm | 0g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned First Edition - Hardback - Publishes August 27th\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the critically-acclaimed author of the Outline trilogy, an irresistible novel of fame, power, beauty and truth -- and a blazing renovation of the form. A little while ago, I told the actor M that I was thinking of writing her autobiography. She liked the idea. She's a good sport. Would you just make it up? she said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eM is a film star, and one of the most recognisable faces of our time. With such fame, her life has the appearance of freedom: people are instantly obliging, spaces are altered to accommodate her, time can be rearranged. For her, it seems, the rules of reality have melted away. Now M has agreed to let a stranger write her biography. Their project will sprawl and expand: to the olive groves and holiday beaches where M spends her days; across hotel rooms, bourgeois facades, film sets; through endless modern cities. It is hard not to feel ugly next to M, hard not to feel insignificant. But what truths - about the very experience of living - might this proximity allow the writer to briefly capture? And what in the end will M make of their work? In Life of M, Rachel Cusk has again fashioned a new kind of literature. A novel stripped of artifice, it takes our emptiness and fills it with grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'[Cusk] is a disciple of the truth, and she helps us to see.' Lucy Jones, Independent'Roll up, wave a flag and join the crowds to watch Rachel Cusk continue her relentless march through life.' Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57142206759287,"sku":"9780571405237","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9780571399802.jpg?v=1780421928","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780571399802","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}