Creation Lake

Sadie Smith a thirty-four-year-old American undercover agent of ruthless tactics and bold opinions is sent by her mysterious but powerful employers to a remote corner of France. Her mission: to infiltrate a commune of radical eco-activists influenced by the beliefs of an enigmatic elder, Bruno Lacombe, who has rejected civilisation, lives in a Neanderthal cave, and believes the path to enlightenment is a return to primitivism. Sadie casts her cynical eye over this region of ancient farms and sleepy villages, and finds Brunos idealism laughable, but just as she is certain shes the seductress and puppet master of those she surveils, Bruno Lacombe is seducing her with his ingenious counter-histories, his artful laments, his own tragic story. Beneath this taut, dazzling story about a woman caught in the crossfire between the past andthe future lies a profound treatise on human history.Creation Lakeis Rachel Kushners finest novel yet a work of high art, high comedy and irresistible pleasure. PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN :9781787334380 BY (AUTHOR) Kushner, Rachel PUBLISHER : Penguin UK PUBLICATION DATE : Sept. 5 2024 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Vintage LANGUAGE : English AGE : General PRODUCT FORM : Trade Paperback DIMENSION : 13.5 x 3.1 x 21.5 cmWEIGHT : 412g PRODUCT CATEGORY :Fiction & Related items