The Country Life

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award The Country Life , Rachel Cusk’s third novel, is a rich and subtle story about embarrassment, awkwardness, and being alone; about families, or the lack of them; and about love in some peculiar guises. “A brilliant oxymoron—a serious farce . . . Cusk’s ability to keep us interested in innumerable human collisions is uncanny.” — The New Yorker Stella Benson sets off for Hilltop, a tiny Sussex village housing a family th