Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation
Cusk's book is a complicated elegant structure: Renaissance, round and wordy, decorated with chiaroscuro environments and references to the ancient Greeks. Unlike most breakup memoirs, though,Aftermathis a sequel of sorts, and proof that Cusk's creative mission is to grapple with the word chaos of modern life, to formally pound it into submission. Intellectually,Aftermathis exquisite; emotionally, it is process, not progress.––Minna Proctor