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Violence
None
No violence
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief sexual references in conversations
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of identity dissolved into other people's stories; post-divorce selfhood
What this book is about
The first of Cusk's Outline trilogy follows a novelist teaching a writing workshop in Athens, told through conversations with strangers. Formally revolutionary and quietly devastating. For older teens and adults.
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