The Mayor of Leipzig Kushner Rachel
The Mayor of Leipzig Kushner Rachel An acidic portrait of the grifters and pretenders of the art world, from the celebrated author of The Mars RoomIn Rachel Kushner's latest work of fiction, The…
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The Mayor of Leipzig Kushner Rachel
An acidic portrait of the grifters and pretenders of the art world, from the celebrated author of The Mars RoomIn Rachel Kushner's latest work of fiction, The Mayor of Leipzig, an unnamed artist recounts her travels from New York City to Cologne--where she contemplates German guilt and art-world grifters, and Leipzig--where she encounters live "adult entertainment" in a business hotel. "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 you're reading. The narrator gossips about everyone, including the author.
Who would do that voluntarily? Because she fancies herself an art world type, a hanger-on. I mean, it's not like someone held a gun to my head and said, Be an artist.
I chose it, but I still can't imagine having anything to do