Outline rachel cusk review5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Cusk has experienced the consequences of writing straight, unflinching autobiography in the past – autofiction feels like a smart response, an opportunity to defy and deflect at once. Outline (2014) is a remarkable example of autofiction in which Rachel Cusk creates a story where both she and her narrator are seemingly absent while at the same time constantly present. ![]() Through their words, the outline of Faye’s self becomes more distinct, even as she recedes from the story. Along the way, she encounters many others with stories to tell – stories which are remarkably like her own. An English writer, her narrative picks up as she embarks on a journey to Greece, where she will teach a short writing course. It was as if I had lost some special capacity to filter my own perceptions, one that I had only become aware of once it was no longer there … I was beginning to see my own fears and desires manifested outside myself, was beginning to see in other people’s lives a commentary on my own.įollowing a divorce, Faye turns inward and becomes absent from her exterior life – it hurts less than being present. ![]()
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