7/6/2023 0 Comments Cusk second placeHe avoided M, and antagonized her every time they met. M found Brett annoying and intrusive, while L spent most of his time at the second place, rarely socializing with the family in the main house. L brought a young woman called Brett along with him. They corresponded for about a year before L came to stay, by which time M’s daughter Justine was there too, with her boyfriend Kurt. Despite never having met him, she wrote to L inviting him to be their next guest, hoping that he would find inspiration in the scenery and signing herself “M” (18). They constructed a guesthouse which they refer to as their “second place” (18). After many years of unhappiness, she settled in a remote marshland location with her second husband, Tony. The novel begins with the narrator recalling her experiences in Paris as a young woman, when she discovered the work of the artist, “L” (10). The narrator tells her story in its entirety to someone called “Jeffers,” an unknown addressee (1). The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Cusk, Rachel.
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