The Long View
by Elizabeth Jane Howard
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Pub Date Jun 07 2016 | Archive Date Jul 07 2016
Description
Journeying backward in time—from 1950 to 1926—this masterpiece of women’s literary fiction presents an indelible portrait of a marriage
Forty-three-year-old Antonia Fleming is preparing a dinner party for eight at the house in Campden Hill Square she shares with her husband, Conrad. The occasion is the engagement of their son, Julian. Their other child, Deirdre, hates her father and resents her mother—a reality Conrad ponders, along with the disastrous state of Deirdre’s single life, as he leaves the bed of his current mistress.
In illuminating the quotidian details of domestic life, The Long View perfectly captures a long relationship, with its moments of joy and intimacy, loneliness and regret, and of the roads not taken. As the story moves backward in time, we learn about the events that led up to Conrad and Antonia’s fateful first meeting—including a startling secret in Antonia’s past.
With brilliant use of reverse chronology, the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles paints a realistic and revealing portrait of a marriage and the decisions, good and bad, right and wrong, that shape lives.
Forty-three-year-old Antonia Fleming is preparing a dinner party for eight at the house in Campden Hill Square she shares with her husband, Conrad. The occasion is the engagement of their son, Julian. Their other child, Deirdre, hates her father and resents her mother—a reality Conrad ponders, along with the disastrous state of Deirdre’s single life, as he leaves the bed of his current mistress.
In illuminating the quotidian details of domestic life, The Long View perfectly captures a long relationship, with its moments of joy and intimacy, loneliness and regret, and of the roads not taken. As the story moves backward in time, we learn about the events that led up to Conrad and Antonia’s fateful first meeting—including a startling secret in Antonia’s past.
With brilliant use of reverse chronology, the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles paints a realistic and revealing portrait of a marriage and the decisions, good and bad, right and wrong, that shape lives.
Advance Praise
“A beautifully written and richly perceptive novel. Miss Howard has a gift for epigrammatic dialogue; she cuts to the heart of motive or relationship with delicate precision.” —The Daily Telegraph
“When I read The Long View . . . I realized that I would never write anything of such subtlety and penetration: there was no point in even hoping to write a novel if this was the standard of excellence.” —The Guardian
"It is daunting to think that The Long View, so accomplished, so technically adroit, was only her second book.” —Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall and Bringing Up the Bodies
Praise for Elizabeth Jane Howard
“[Howard] writes brilliantly and her characters are always totally believable. She makes you laugh, she sometimes shocks, and often makes you cry.” —Rosamunde Pilcher
“Howard is such an astute observer of human behavior. She conveys volumes with tiny, brilliant touches.” —The Sunday Times
“When I read The Long View . . . I realized that I would never write anything of such subtlety and penetration: there was no point in even hoping to write a novel if this was the standard of excellence.” —The Guardian
"It is daunting to think that The Long View, so accomplished, so technically adroit, was only her second book.” —Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall and Bringing Up the Bodies
Praise for Elizabeth Jane Howard
“[Howard] writes brilliantly and her characters are always totally believable. She makes you laugh, she sometimes shocks, and often makes you cry.” —Rosamunde Pilcher
“Howard is such an astute observer of human behavior. She conveys volumes with tiny, brilliant touches.” —The Sunday Times
Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9781504035316 |
PRICE | $9.99 (USD) |
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