Rachel Kushner The Mayor of Leipzig Hardback Book

An acidic portrait of the grifters and pretenders of the art world, from the celebrated author of The Mars RoomIn Rachel Kushners latest work of fiction, The Mayor of Leipzig, an unnamed artist recounts her travels from New York City to Colognewhere she contemplates German guilt and artworld grifters, and Leipzigwhere she encounters live "adult entertainment" in a business hotel. The narrator gossips about everyone, including the author. "Taking a time out from what happened to me in Cologne and in Leipzig," Kushner writes, "I want to let you in on a secret I personally know the author of this story youre reading. Because she fancies herself an art world type, a hangeron. Who would do that voluntarily? I mean, its not like someone held a gun to my head and said, Be an artist. I chose it, but I still cant imagine having anything to do with the art world if you dont have to. Also, people who dont make stuff, who instead try to catalogue, periodize, and understand art, they never understand the first thing. Art is about taste, a sense of humor, and most writers lack both."Rachel Kushner (born 1968) is the author of The Flamethrowers (2013) and The Mars Room (2018). Her debut novel, Telex from Cuba, was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and a New York Times bestseller and Notable Book. A collection of her early work, The Strange Case of Rachel K, was published by New Directions in 2015. Her fiction has appeared in the New Yorker, Harpers and the Paris Review. | Rachel Kushner The Mayor of Leipzig Hardback Book