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'An extraordinary piece of writing – stunningly bold, original and humane.'Joanna Kavenna, Daily TelegraphA Guardian / New Statesman / Observer / Spectator Book of the YearShortlisted for the 2016 Goldsmiths PrizeIn the wake of family collapse, a writer and her two young sons move to London. The process of upheaval is the catalyst for a number of transitions – personal, moral, artistic, practical – as she endeavours to construct a new reality for herself and her children. In the city she is made to confront aspects of living she has, until now, avoided, and to consider questions of vulnerability and power, death and renewal, in what becomes her struggle to reattach herself to, and believe in, life.Filtered through the impersonal gaze of its keenly intelligent protagonist, Transit sees Rachel Cusk delve deeper into the themes first raised in her critically acclaimed...Pages of Transit :