Art, Revolution, and Echoes of the Present: A Review of Rachel Kushner’s “The Flamethrowers”

The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner Scribner; 383 p. Above an open walkway at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art stands a 340-ton boulder, hovering over the shadowed heads of visitors. It was installed about a year ago by artist Michael Heizer. On a budget of $10 million, the boulder was carried through the Stone Valley Quarry, transported across empty highways — too heavy for the overpasses, too slow for daytime traffic — and hulled through the streets of downtown […]

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