The Past
by Tessa Hadley
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Pub Date Sep 03 2015 | Archive Date Nov 23 2015
Vintage, Penguin Random House | Vintage Digital
Description
Rivalry, unruly desire and ugly secrets poison a family holiday in this gripping novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Late in the Day.
'Few writers give me such consistent pleasure' Zadie Smith
Four siblings meet up in their grandparents’ old house for three long, hot summer weeks. But under the idyllic surface lie shattering tensions.
Roland has come with his new wife, and his sisters don’t like her. Fran has brought her children, who soon uncover an ugly secret in a ruined cottage in the woods. Alice has invited Kasim, an outsider, who makes plans to seduce Roland’s teenage daughter. And Harriet, the eldest, finds her quiet self-possession ripped apart when passion erupts unexpectedly.
Over the course of the holiday, a familiar way of life falls apart forever.
'Exquisite' The Times
'Wonderful' Guardian
'Magnificent' Sunday Times
Advance Praise
Clever Girl: Hadley writes as a masterly illustrator might draw. - Kate Kellaway, Observer
The London Train: The most astute and sympathetic of writers. - Susanna Rustin, Guardian
The London Train: An understated writer whose concentration on the details of everyday life belies a breathtaking acuity and articulateness. - Lela Sanai, Independent
Married Love: Hadley is a writer of exceptional intelligence and skill and, for all the apparent conventionality of her vision, hers is a subtly subversive talent. - Edmund Gordon, Observer
Married Love: Tessa Hadley writes like a dream, the prose precise but funny; her psychology always seems spot on. - John Harding, Daily Mail
Marketing Plan
Tessa Hadley's The London Train (2011) has sold 38,000 copies across all editions.
Like Alice Munro, Tessa Hadley has an astonishing ability to capture the subtlety and complexity of the every day. Already a critically acclaimed author, The Past has great prize-winning potential and is the book to bring her to a wider readership.
Tessa Hadley is regularly compared to Elizabeth Bowen and Alice Munro.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781473511095 |
| PRICE | £8.99 (GBP) |
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