NYTIMES (Parul Sehgal) - Rachel Cusk Tried to Caricature Natalie Portman. She Only Caricatured Herself.
Her latest novel appears to savage a celebrity. But Cusk has, once again, managed to turn herself into the victim.
NYTIMES (Alexandra Jacobs) - Book Review: ‘Life of M,’ by Rachel Cusk
Though full of details that echo the life and career of Natalie Portman, “Life of M” remains chilly and abstract.
NYTIMES (Alexandra Alter) - Rachel Cusk on Her Novel ‘Life of M,’ Gossip and Natalie Portman
She wanted a “vacation” from herself, so she wrote a novel about a celebrity whose life bears a striking resemblance to Natalie Portman’s. Now it’s tabloid fodder.
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Rachel Cusk's new novel draws an unmistakable portrait of Natalie Portman — without her consent
Author Rachel Cusk's upcoming novel "Life of M" maps so closely onto Natalie Portman's biography that sources say the actress finds the whole affair "annoying", and insists the two women were never close friends. The book, a slim 100-page work scheduled for release August 25, centers on a character called M: a former child star […] The post Rachel Cusk's new novel draws an unmistakable portrait of Natalie Portman — without her consent appeared first on American Almanac .
Author Rachel Cusk's upcoming novel "Life of M" maps so closely onto Natalie Portman's biography that sources say the actress finds the whole affair "annoying", and insists the two women were never close friends. The book, a slim 100-page work scheduled for release August 25, centers on a character called M: a former child star living in Paris who once trained alongside "starved and chain-smoking ballerinas" for a film about ballet, endured the sexualization of her early career, and watched her marriage collapse. Every detail tracks with Portman's public life, her Oscar-winning turn in "Black Swan," her childhood debut in "Léon: The Professional" at age 12, and her March 2024 divorce from ballet dancer Benjamin Millepied after 11 years…Open