{{Short description|2024 novel by Rachel Cusk}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox book | name = Parade | image = Parade Rachel Cusk book cover.jpg | alt = | caption = First edition cover | author = Rachel Cusk | audio_read_by = Genevieve Gaunt | cover_artist = | language = English | genre = | publisher = Faber & Faber | pub_date = 6 June 2024 | pub_place = London | media_type = | pages = 208 | awards = | isbn = 9780571377947 | isbn_note = | oclc = | dewey = | congress = }} '''''Parade''''' is a 2024 novel by Rachel Cusk.<ref name=jacobin>{{cite news |last1=Paulikovics |first1=Zsofia |title=In Parade, Rachel Cusk Turns a Harsh Eye to the Art World |url=https://jacobin.com/2024/06/parade-rachel-cusk-novel-art-world |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=jacobin.com}}</ref> It won the 2024 Goldsmiths Prize.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/06/rachel-cusk-novel-parade-wins-2024-goldsmiths-prize |title=Rachel Cusk wins Goldsmiths prize for novel ‘that turns the world inside out’ |publisher=The Guardian |date=2024-11-06 |author=Ella Creamer |accessdate=2024-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Parade |url=https://bookstore.centerforfiction.org/item/f10yIDkbWsubqFEIwHkB6Q |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=bookstore.centerforfiction.org |language=en}}</ref>
==Plot== ''Parade'' has four chapters,<ref name=guardian>{{cite news |last1=Atkins |first1=Lucy |title=Parade by Rachel Cusk review – cold visions of chaos |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/05/parade-by-rachel-cusk-review-cold-visions-of-chaos |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=5 June 2024}}</ref> of roughly equal length.<ref name=jacobin/> They are titled "The Stuntman", "The Midwife", "The Diver", and "The Spy". The story follows an unnamed narrator that visits art exhibitions in Europe and thinks about several artists all referred to as "G".<ref name="guardian" />
==Reception== Patricia Zohn, writing for ''Air Mail'', said even "fans" of Cusk would "be daunted" by the novel.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zohn |first1=Patricia |title=The World, According to Artists |url=https://airmail.news/issues/2024-6-15/the-world-according-to-artists |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=airmail.news |date=15 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Dwight Garner referred to the novel as "skippable for all but [Cusk's] most devoted tier of readers".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garner |first1=Dwight |title=The Artist Is Present (and Pretentious) in Rachel Cusk’s Latest |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/10/books/review/rachel-cusk-parade.html |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=10 June 2024}}</ref>
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Category:2024 British novels Category:Novels by Rachel Cusk Category:Faber & Faber books
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