Lit in Translation

Rachel Kushner

Born 1968 · United States

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • Written in English

    Booker 2024 · Shortlist

    Creation Lake

    Creation Lake

    Rachel Kushner · 56 when first published

    Novel · 416 pages · Politics, Crime

    AI-generated summary:Sacked by the FBI, an American undercover operative named Sadie Smith is hired by shadowy private clients to work her way into a band of militant environmentalists in rural France who follow the ideas of a reclusive old thinker.

  • Written in English

    Booker 2018 · Shortlist

    The Mars Room

    The Mars Room

    Rachel Kushner · 50 when first published

    Novel · 352 pages · Crime

    AI-generated summary:Romy Hall, once a dancer at a San Francisco strip club called the Mars Room, now faces two back-to-back life terms in a California women's prison, far from her young son.