Transit

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE ** Pre-order Life of M , the new novel from Rachel Cusk, now ** 'A work of stunning beauty, deep insight and great originality.' Monica Ali, New York Times 'Tremendous from its opening sentence.' Tessa Hadley, Guardian 'A work of cut-glass brilliance.' Financial Times In the wake of her family's collapse, a writer and her two young sons move to London. The upheaval is the catalyst for a number of transitions­ - personal, moral, artistic, and practical - as she endeavours to construct a new reality for herself and her children. In the city, she is made to confront aspects of living that she has, until now, avoided, and to consider questions of vulnerability and power, death and renewal, in what becomes her struggle to reattach herself to, and believe in, life. Filtered through the impersonal gaze of its keenly intelligent protagonist, Transit sees Rachel Cusk delve deeper into the themes first raised in her critically acclaimed novel Outline , and offers up a penetrating and moving reflection on childhood and fate, the value of suffering, the moral problems of personal responsibility and the mystery of change.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE ** Pre-order Life of M , the new novel from Rachel Cusk, now ** 'A work of stunning beauty, deep insight and great originality.' Monica Ali, New York Times 'Tremendous from its opening sentence.' Tessa Hadley, Guardian 'A work of cut-glass brilliance.' Financial Times In the wake of her family's collapse, a writer and her two young sons move to London. The upheaval is the catalyst for a number of transitions­ - personal, moral, artistic, and practical - as she endeavours to construct a new reality for herself and her children. In the city, she is made to confront aspects of living that she has, until now, avoided, and to consider questions of vulnerability and power, death and renewal, in what becomes her struggle to reattach herself to, and believe in, life. Filtered through the impersonal gaze of its keenly intelligent protagonist, Transit sees Rachel Cusk delve deeper into the themes first raised in her critically acclaimed novel Outline , and offers up a penetrating and moving reflection on childhood and fate, the value of suffering, the moral problems of personal responsibility and the mystery of change.

Efter sinskilsmisse flytter forfatteren Faye med sine to sønner til London for at begynde på en frisk. Men opbruddet fører andre ændringer med sig -af både personlig, moralsk, kunstnerisk og ikke mindst praktisk karakter. Faye sætter sit hus i stand og taler med de menneskerhunmøder i et et forsøg på at genfinde troen på livet, men vakler mellem at føle sig stærk og fuldkommen magtesløs. En elegant og reflekteretroman om menneskers livsfortællinger; om hvordan vi forsøger at styre vores liv ved at fortælle, men også om, hvordan fortællingerne forvandler os. Andet bind af den kritikerroste trilogi, der består af bøgerne Omrids , Transit og Kudos . Pressen skriver: »En eminent forfatter: Andet bind i trilogien om Faye er lige så mesterligt som det første (…) det er stadig menneskers rejser gennem hinanden, der skaber det fantastiske samtidsportræt.« ***** – Politiken »Både hjem og ægteskab er smadret i Transit , anden del af Rachel Cusks mesterlige trilogi, der sender romangenren ad nye veje (…) allerede med de to første bind i trilogien står det lysende klart, at Rachel Cusk har gang i noget ganske særligt.« – Information »Rachel Cusk har skabt en romanform, hvor fortællerens samtalepartnere fylder det meste med dybe refleksioner(…) en helt speciel læseoplevelse.« **** – Kristeligt Dagblad »Tryllebindende.« – Litteratursiden

Efter sin skilsmisse flytter forfatteren Faye med sine to sønner til London for at begynde på en frisk. Men opbruddet fører andre ændringer med sig - af både personlig, moralsk, kunstnerisk og ikke mindst praktisk karakter. Faye sætter sit hus i stand og taler med de mennesker hun møder i et et forsøg på at genfinde troen på livet, men vakler mellem at føle sig stærk og fuldkommen magtesløs. En elegant og reflekteret roman om menneskers livsfortællinger; om hvordan vi forsøger at styre vores liv ved at fortælle, men også om, hvordan fortællingerne forvandler os. Andet bind af den kritikerroste trilogi, der består af bøgerne Omrids , Transit og Kudos . Pressen skriver: »En eminent forfatter: Andet bind i trilogien om Faye er lige så mesterligt som det første (…) det er stadig menneskers rejser gennem hinanden, der skaber det fantastiske samtidsportræt.« ***** – Politiken »Både hjem og ægteskab er smadret i Transit , anden del af Rachel Cusks mesterlige trilogi, der sender romangenren ad nye veje (…) allerede med de to første bind i trilogien står det lysende klart, at Rachel Cusk har gang i noget ganske særligt.« – Information »Rachel Cusk har skabt en romanform, hvor fortællerens samtalepartnere fylder det meste med dybe refleksioner (…) en helt speciel læseoplevelse.« **** – Kristeligt Dagblad »Tryllebindende.« – Litteratursiden

Menschen auf der Flucht. Marseille im Sommer 1940: Am Rande Europas versammeln sich die von den Nazis Verfolgten und Bedrohten. Sie hetzen nach Visa, Bescheinigungen und Stempeln, um nach Übersee ins rettende Exil zu entkommen. Im Chaos der Stadt, in den Cafés, auf dem Gang von Behörde zu Behörde kreuzen sich ihre Wege - und für kurze Zeit sind fremde Leben durch Hoffnungen, Träume und Leidenschaften miteinander verbunden. »Ein zeitaktueller Roman.« Hanjo Kesting, NDR »>Transit

Menschen auf der Flucht. Marseille im Sommer 1940: Am Rande Europas versammeln sich die von den Nazis Verfolgten und Bedrohten. Sie hetzen nach Visa, Bescheinigungen und Stempeln, um nach Übersee ins rettende Exil zu entkommen. Im Chaos der Stadt, in den Cafés, auf dem Gang von Behörde zu Behörde kreuzen sich ihre Wege - und für kurze Zeit sind fremde Leben durch Hoffnungen, Träume und Leidenschaften miteinander verbunden. »Ein zeitaktueller Roman.« Hanjo Kesting, NDR »>Transit

Anna Seghers's Transit is an existential, political, literary thriller that explores the agonies of boredom, the vitality of storytelling, and the plight of the exile with extraordinary compassion and insight. Having escaped from a Nazi concentration camp in Germany in 1937, and later a camp in Rouen, the nameless twenty-seven-year-old German narrator of Seghers's multilayered masterpiece ends up in the dusty seaport of Marseille. Along the way he is asked to deliver a letter to a man named Weidel in Paris and discovers Weidel has committed suicide, leaving behind a suitcase containing letters and the manuscript of a novel. As he makes his way to Marseille to find Weidel's widow, the narrator assumes the identity of a refugee named Seidler, though the authorities think he is really Weidel. There in the giant waiting room of Marseille, the narrator converses with the refugees, listening to their stories over pizza and wine, while also gradually piecing together the story of Weidel, whose manuscript has shattered the narrator's "deathly boredom," bringing him to a deeper awareness of the transitory world the refugees inhabit as they wait and wait for that most precious of possessions: transit papers.

Anna Seghers's Transit is an existential, political, literary thriller that explores the agonies of boredom, the vitality of storytelling, and the plight of the exile with extraordinary compassion and insight. Having escaped from a Nazi concentration camp in Germany in 1937, and later a camp in Rouen, the nameless twenty-seven-year-old German narrator of Seghers's multilayered masterpiece ends up in the dusty seaport of Marseille. Along the way he is asked to deliver a letter to a man named Weidel in Paris and discovers Weidel has committed suicide, leaving behind a suitcase containing letters and the manuscript of a novel. As he makes his way to Marseille to find Weidel's widow, the narrator assumes the identity of a refugee named Seidler, though the authorities think he is really Weidel. There in the giant waiting room of Marseille, the narrator converses with the refugees, listening to their stories over pizza and wine, while also gradually piecing together the story of Weidel, whose manuscript has shattered the narrator's "deathly boredom," bringing him to a deeper awareness of the transitory world the refugees inhabit as they wait and wait for that most precious of possessions: transit papers.

National Bestseller - A Finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize - A Finalist for the Goldsmiths Prize - Long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award - One of Time Magazine's Top 10 Fiction Books of the Year A New York Times Book Review Notable Book - Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian , Southern Living , NOW Magazine, Commonweal , The Washington Independent Review of Books , the San Francisco Chronicle , The Globe and Mail , BOMB Magazine, and The National Post (Canada) The Stunning Second Novel of a Trilogy That Began with Outline , One of New York Times Book Review 's 10 Best Books of the Year In the wake of her family's collapse, a writer and her two young sons move to London. The process of this upheaval is the catalyst for a number of transitions--personal, moral, artistic, and practical--as she endeavors to construct a new reality for herself and her children. In the city, she is made to confront aspects of living that she has, until now, avoided, and to consider questions of vulnerability and power, death and renewal, in what becomes her struggle to reattach herself to, and believe in, life. Filtered through the impersonal gaze of its keenly intelligent protagonist, Transit sees Rachel Cusk delve deeper into the themes first raised in her critically acclaimed novel Outline and offers up a penetrating and moving reflection on childhood and fate, the value of suffering, the moral problems of personal responsibility, and the mystery of change. In this second book of a precise and short yet epic cycle, Cusk describes the most elemental experiences, the liminal qualities of life. She captures with unsettling restraint and honesty the longing to both inhabit and flee one's life, and the wrenching ambivalence animating our desire to feel real.

National Bestseller - A Finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize - A Finalist for the Goldsmiths Prize - Long-listed for the International Dublin Literary Award - One of Time Magazine's Top 10 Fiction Books of the Year A New York Times Book Review Notable Book - Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian , Southern Living , NOW Magazine, Commonweal , The Washington Independent Review of Books , the San Francisco Chronicle , The Globe and Mail , BOMB Magazine, and The National Post (Canada) The Stunning Second Novel of a Trilogy That Began with Outline , One of New York Times Book Review 's 10 Best Books of the Year In the wake of her family's collapse, a writer and her two young sons move to London. The process of this upheaval is the catalyst for a number of transitions--personal, moral, artistic, and practical--as she endeavors to construct a new reality for herself and her children. In the city, she is made to confront aspects of living that she has, until now, avoided, and to consider questions of vulnerability and power, death and renewal, in what becomes her struggle to reattach herself to, and believe in, life. Filtered through the impersonal gaze of its keenly intelligent protagonist, Transit sees Rachel Cusk delve deeper into the themes first raised in her critically acclaimed novel Outline and offers up a penetrating and moving reflection on childhood and fate, the value of suffering, the moral problems of personal responsibility, and the mystery of change. In this second book of a precise and short yet epic cycle, Cusk describes the most elemental experiences, the liminal qualities of life. She captures with unsettling restraint and honesty the longing to both inhabit and flee one's life, and the wrenching ambivalence animating our desire to feel real.

”Transit” er andet bind i Rachel Cusks triologi, der består af Omrids, Transit og Kudos. Det er gennem en række nye bekendtskaber at portrættet af forfatteren Faye tegnes. Skilsmissen har ændret mange ting og Faye har brug for at starte på en frisk. Hun flytter efter sin skilsmisse til London med sine to sønner. I et forsøg på at finde ro og mod på livet sætter hun huset i stand og taler med de mennesker, hun møder. Rachel Cusk formår i ”Transit” at fremhæve den forestilling om, at vi kan styre vores liv, som fortælleren i en historie - men det er snarere fortællingerne, der styrer os. Faye lytter til de andres beretninger og veksler mellem at føle sig stærk og magtesløs.

Da familiefaren André vågner, har han ingen idé om, hvor han er, eller hvordan han er endt der. Efterhånden går det dog op for ham, at intet er, som det plejer at være, og at hans verden for altid er forandret. I forsøget på at rette op på den fortid, der har bragt André i uføre, må han ud på en lang og farefuld rejse for at hjælpe sine kære; hustruen Camilla og drengene Jakob og Lukas. Transit er en fortælling om en verden, som indeholder langt mere end det, som kan mærkes, måles og vejes, og om et moderne dansk samfund, hvor vi ikke altid er gode nok til at passe på de mennesker, som har brug for hjælp. Martin Kraglund er uddannet gymnasielærer og underviser til daglig i fagene engelsk og idræt på Støvring Gymnasium. Transit er forfatterens debutroman.

Da familiefaren André vågner, har han ingen idé om, hvor han er, eller hvordan han er endt der. Efterhånden går det dog op for ham, at intet er, som det plejer at være, og at hans verden for altid er forandret. I forsøget på at rette op på den fortid, der har bragt André i uføre, må han ud på en lang og farefuld rejse for at hjælpe sine kære; hustruen Camilla og drengene Jakob og Lukas. Transit er en fortælling om en verden, som indeholder langt mere end det, som kan mærkes, måles og vejes, og om et moderne dansk samfund, hvor vi ikke altid er gode nok til at passe på de mennesker, som har brug for hjælp. Martin Kraglund er uddannet gymnasielærer og underviser til daglig i fagene engelsk og idræt på Støvring Gymnasium. Transit er forfatterens debutroman.