Second place

Second Place

【Editor's Recommendation】
✍The latest work by Rachel Cusk, author of the "Thoughts of an Intellectual Woman" series and "Becoming Mother," and one of Granta's "Best Young British Novelists";
He has been nominated for many prizes, including the Man Booker Prize, the Femina Prize, the Maugham Prize, and the Folio Prize;
Her work "Becoming a Mother" has become a must-read for mothers;
Her series "Thoughts of an Intellectual Woman" swept the annual lists of Time, The Guardian, and The New Yorker;
Calm, intelligent, restrained, and sober—this is the impression left by her past works;
Many readers say she is "like a grown-up version of myself", skillfully addressing our daily confusions.
✍ The second part: a moment of inspiration that touches the heart, a sharp and beautiful female monologue. She is a mother, a wife, and an art lover. Everything seems calm and peaceful, but she repeatedly invites the painter to come.
She is the "second sex" and named the guest room "Second Place", which she said was a "near miss" exclusively for women.
Was it a disobedient guest who disturbed her seclusion, or perhaps the destructive passion she had always dreamed of?
Rachel Cusk continues to speak for the life experiences of contemporary intellectual women through The Second Place;
At the same time, it is not limited to feminism, but also reflects the most intimate life situation of each individual.
——The second place is also the spiritual landscape of all people in difficult situations.
✍Exploring the ambiguous boundary between art and morality, dissecting a sharp allegory of intimate relationships. Can we really turn a blind eye to the private morality of artists?
Does the purpose of art also extend to the artist as a living being?
Does art add to life, or does it ultimately destroy it?
Is the meaning of a work of art determined by its creator or by the audience?
In each question, Cusk responds to the complex relationship between art and reality with her philosophical narrative voice.
Follow "The Second Place" and immerse yourself in thoughts filled with female power and wisdom.
✍The book is bound by the renowned designer Xihe, a unique creation of intelligence, tenderness, and devilish whispers. The book is bound by the renowned designer Xihe, with a cotton-soft cover that encapsulates intelligence, tenderness, and devilish whispers.
The creative bookmark clip is a "second place" besides books, which can freely connect the gap between reading and life. The paper used for the inner text is bright white and slightly painted.
【Celebrity Recommendation】
She writes with the precision and skill of a knife thrower.
—NPR (National Public Radio)
A lush, rich, yet threatening landscape.
—The Paris Review
Six characters come together in a house on the swamp. The question is whether they can see each other for who they really are. In an age dominated by talk of "craft" and "process," Cusk restores some mystery to the concepts of art and genius.
—The Times
【Content Introduction】
“For the first time, I felt that maybe art itself is a snake.
Whispering to us, gradually wearing away our contentment and our faith in worldly things,
Let us believe that there is something more superior in our bodies than what we see before us.”
At the woman's invitation, the painter came to the "second place" on the swamp to live temporarily.
As the long, dry summer sets in, his provocative presence itself becomes a mystery, disrupting the woman's peaceful seclusion.

2023-09-01

广西师范大学出版社

wild spring

200

9787559859648