The Mars Room A Novel
The Mars Room A Novel by Rachel Kushner is a reprint edition published by Simon and Schuster on May 7, 2019. This 352-page novel is presented in English and explores the life of Romy Hall, who is serving two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women’s Correctional Facility in California. The narrative delves into her separation from the outside world, including her young son, and the harsh realities of life within the prison system, highlighting the struggles of women as they navigate survival amidst institutional challenges.
Readers will find a portrayal of the complexities of prison life, characterized by the interactions between inmates and guards, as well as the absurdities that arise in such an environment. The book addresses themes related to crime and the human experience, offering a vivid depiction of resilience and the quest for dignity in dire circumstances. Rachel Kushner’s writing combines humor with a stark realism that invites reflection on contemporary societal issues.
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TIME’S #1 FICTION TITLE OF THE YEAR • NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018
FINALIST for the MAN BOOKER PRIZE and the NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
LONGLISTED for the ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL
An instant New York Times bestseller from two-time National Book Award finalist Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room earned tweets from Margaret Atwood—“gritty, empathic, finely rendered, no sugar toppings, and a lot of punches, none of them pulled”—and from Stephen King—“The Mars Room is the real deal, jarring, horrible, compassionate, funny.”
It’s 2003 and Romy Hall, named after a German actress, is at the start of two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women’s Correctional Facility, deep in California’s Central Valley. Outside is the world from which she has been severed: her young son, Jackson, and the San Francisco of her youth. Inside is a new reality: thousands of women hustling for the bare essentials needed to survive; the bluffing and pageantry and casual acts of violence by guards and prisoners alike; and the deadpan absurdities of institutional living, portrayed with great humor and precision.
Stunning and unsentimental, The Mars Room is “wholly authentic…profound…luminous” (The Wall Street Journal), “one of those books that enrage you even as they break your heart” (The New York Times Book Review, cover review)—a spectacularly compelling, heart-stopping novel about a life gone off the rails in contemporary America. It is audacious and tragic, propulsive and yet beautifully refined and “affirms Rachel Kushner as one of our best novelists” (Entertainment Weekly).
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