Transit

"Conceptually magnificent, these books offer literature something new in thought, expression and structure. Neither kind nor cruel, Cusk's female narrator is a massive presence disguised as an absence. That is alchemy."

"When her English publisher asked me for a blurb for 'Transit,' I sent back, 'Rachel Cusk is too smart for her own good,' and I meant this as the ultimate compliment. She doesn't suffer fools, and I like that in a writer."