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    Creation Lake: A Novel
    Creation Lake: A Novel
    Creation Lake: A Novel
    Audiobook11 hours

    Creation Lake: A Novel

    Written by Rachel Kushner

    Narrated by Rachel Kushner

    3.5/5

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    2024 AUDIOFILE MAGAZINE EARPHONES AWARD WINNER!

    *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 BOOKER PRIZE*
    *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD*
    *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 PEN FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION*
    *AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
    *NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE ATLANTIC, VULTURE, VOGUE, THE WASHINGTON POST, KIRKUS REVIEWS, NPR, THE ECONOMIST, THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, VOX, and more*

    From Rachel Kushner, two-time finalist for both the Booker Prize and National Book Award, a “vital” (The Washington Post) and “wickedly entertaining” (The Guardian) novel about a seductive and cunning American woman who infiltrates an anarchist collective in France—a propulsive page-turner filled with dark humor.

    Creation Lake is a novel about a secret agent, a thirty-four-year-old American woman of ruthless tactics and clean beauty who is sent to do dirty work in France. “Sadie Smith” is how the narrator introduces herself to the rural commune of French subversives on whom she is keeping tabs, and to her lover, Lucien, a young and well-born Parisian she has met by “cold bump”—making him believe the encounter was accidental. Like everyone she targets, Lucien is useful to her and used by her. Sadie operates by strategy and dissimulation, based on what her “contacts”—shadowy figures in business and government—instruct. First, these contacts want her to incite provocation. Then they want more.

    In this region of old farms and prehistoric caves, Sadie becomes entranced by a mysterious figure named Bruno Lacombe, a mentor to the young activists who believes that the path to emancipation is not revolt but a return to the ancient past. Just as Sadie is certain she’s the seductress and puppet master of those she surveils, Bruno is seducing her with his ingenious counter-histories, his artful laments, his own tragic story.

    Written in short, vaulting sections, Rachel Kushner’s rendition of “noir” is taut and dazzling. Creation Lake is Kushner’s finest achievement yet—a work of high art, high comedy, and unforgettable pleasure.

    Editor's Note

    Spine-tingling thriller…

    Secrets, money, politics, and revenge intermingle in this spine-tingling noir thriller from the author of “The Mars Room.” Meet Sadie Smith, an undercover freelance operative who has infiltrated Le Moulin, a commune of environmental activists in rural France. With few qualms about doing whatever it takes to get the job done, Sadie is a ruthless (and delightfully unreliable) narrator who is confident she’s in control. However, as her mission unravels, it’s unclear who’s playing who in this intricately-plotted narrative of suspense and psychological intrigue.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateSep 3, 2024
    ISBN9781797183473
    Author

    Rachel Kushner

    Rachel Kushner is the author of the New York Times bestseller Creation Lake, her latest novel; The Hard Crowd, her acclaimed essay collection; and the internationally bestselling novels The Mars Room, The Flamethrowers, and Telex from Cuba, as well as a book of short stories, The Strange Case of Rachel K. She has won the Prix Médicis and been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Folio Prize, and was twice a finalist for the Booker Prize and the National Book Award in Fiction. Creation Lake was also longlisted for the National Book Award. She is a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and the recipient of the Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her books have been translated into twenty-seven languages.

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    3.5/5

    67 ratings3 reviews

    What our readers think

    Readers find this title to have a unique and creative approach, but some may find the slow pace and monologues of the narration challenging. While there is potential in the storyline, the delivery by the author as the narrator may not appeal to all readers. Looking forward to the next book from this creative author.

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    • 2/5

      Dec 18, 2024

      Hacked emails from an old guy named bruno, Just when things start Bruno sends more E mails.

      The book is read by the author in a robotic,nasal schoolgirl voice with little expression. You are lulled to sleep by a monotonous voice. When you wake up the voice is still droning out Bruno’s E mails.
    • 1/5

      Sep 21, 2024

      The book might be good, but the narrator ruined it. She speaks every sentence as of it’s a masterpiece. The book is mostly monologue and that can get dull without a skilled narrator. No character interested me and it became a chore to listen to it. Almost always a mistake to let the author read their own book.
    • 2/5

      Sep 21, 2024

      Doesn't live up to the reviews as a spy novel. An ok narration did not help. (Even though we remain ever hopeful, very few authors seem to also be good narrators.)

      Very slow moving ... mostly a lot of interior monologuing, plus more monologuing from an old guy's philosophical emails. These feel like 95 % of the book.

      I've really enjoyed a couple of her other novels, and she is definitely creative in her approaches.

      But there's no accounting for taste, so maybe others will find this more engaging. I definitely look forward to her next book.

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