Tessa Hadley

Una noche de sábado invernal en la Brístol de posguerra, Evelyn –una estudiante de Filología Francesa inocente y mojigata– y Moira –su hermana mayor, estudiante de Moda, impulsiva y aventurera– acude

En casa de los Fischer, todo está listo para recibir a un invitado a cenar: el joven Nicholas, hijo de una vieja amiga de la familia. Hasta esa calurosa noche de 1967, ni Phyllis, una atractiva ama de casa de cuarenta años, ni su marido Roger, diplomatico en el Ministerio de Exteriores, se han detenido a cuestionar su vida en comun, el retrato que componen de una familia convencional de la burguesia londinense. Sin embargo, tras la cena, en el sombrio jardin, Nicholas besa a Phyllis, y por primera vez ella se pregunta si es verdaderamente feliz, y los cimientos del hogar comienzan atambalearse.Atraida por ese chico contestatario y de aspecto bohemio, Phyllis se arroja a una aventura sentimental que le permitira explorar sus deseos mas intimos ante la atenta mirada de su hija Colette, apenas una adolescente a punto de internarse en la vida adulta. La experiencia pondra en tela de juicio la vision del mundo de los Fischer y dejara al descubierto lo que se esconde tras la fachada de las apariencias.Amor libre nos sumerge en el Londres palpitante de finales de los 60, en el que los movimientos contraculturales bullian en convivencia con los valores burgueses, de la mano de Phyllis, una mujer que se atreve a desafiar todo aquello que se espera de ella en tanto que esposa y madre. Elegante y sutil, tras Lo que queda de luz, Tessa Hadley vuelve a desplegar su maestria para explorar los recovecos psicologicos, cargar de significado lo cotidiano y crear atmosferas envolventes en una novela que habla de la onda expansiva de nuestras decisiones.Con prosa esplendida y punzante, Hadley retrata las muy variadas formas en que sus personajes se engañan a si mismos, tanto en las relaciones entre padres e hijos como entre amantes. El resultado es una novela fastuosa y sorprendente.Publishers WeeklyCada nuevo libro de Tessa Hadley deja a los lectores avidos de que llegue el proximo. Amor libre es una novela seductora, engañosamente facil de leer; bajo su superficie, revolotean las imperecederas y turbadoras cuestiones de la libertad y el destino.Hilary Mantel

Two sisters quarrel over an inheritance and a new baby. A housekeeper caring for a helpless old man uncovers secrets from his past. A young girl accepts a lift in a car with a group of strangers. An old friend brings bad news to a dinner party. In these gripping and unsettling stories, the ordinary is made extraordinary and the real things that happen to people turn out to be every bit as mysterious as their dreams.

"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).

A short story by Tessa Hadley from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre. In My Mothers Wedding, a bohemian wedding party takes an unexpected turn for the bride and her daughter. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader, I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontes game-changing novel and its beloved narrator.

Alexandr, Christine, Lydia et Zachary partagent une amitié très intime depuis leur rencontre alors qu’ils avaient vingt ans. Trente ans plus tard, Alex et Christine reçoivent un appel bouleversé de L

Depuis ses premiers livres, Tessa Hadley explore le réseau complexe des vies conjugales, amoureuses et sentimentales de ses contemporains. Lintrigue de ce huitième roman confronte lhistoire de plusie

Sunday Times bestseller Tessa Hadley explores the big consequences of small events in this new collection Tessa Hadley is my favourite author KATE ATKINSONHeloise s father died in a car crash when she was a little girl at a dinner party in her forties she meets someone connected to that long ago tragedy Janey s bohemian mother plans to marry a man close to Janey s own age everything changes when an accident interrupts the wedding party A daughter caring for her elderly mother during the pandemic becomes obsessed with the woman next door in the wake of his best friend s death a man must reassess his affair with the friend s wife Teenager Cecilia wakes one morning on holiday with her parents in Florence and sees them for the first time through disenchanted eyes These twelve stories plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships Few writers give me such consistent pleasure ZADIE SMITH Hadley is fantastically inventive A magnificent collection Daily Telegraph Wonderful The quality of suspense and satisfaction in Hadley s stories is miraculous Vogue Books of the Year

"Trois sœurs et un frère se retrouvent dans la maison de leurs grands-parents, à Kington, en Angleterre, pour quelques longues semaines dété. Lendroit est plein des souvenirs de leur enfance et de le

An irresistible novella about two sisters and a night that changes everything from the master chronicler of our heart s hidden desires Tessa Hadley is my favourite author KATE ATKINSON Evelyn had the surprising thought that bodies were sometimes wiser than the people inside them She d have liked to impress somebody with this idea but couldn t explain it On a winter Saturday night in post war Bristol sisters Moira and Evelyn on the cusp of adulthood go to an art students party in a dockside pub there they meet two men Paul and Sinden whose air of worldliness and sophistication both intrigues and repels them Sinden calls a few days later to invite them over to the grand suburban mansion Paul shares with his brother and sister and Moira accepts despite Evelyn s misgivings As the night unfolds in this unfamiliar glamorous new setting the sisters learn things about themselves and each other that shock them and release them into a new phase of their lives Few writers give me such consistent pleasure ZADIE SMITH Hadley s extraordinary skill is making both surface life and deep interiors come fully alive COLM TOIBIN Tessa Hadley recruits admirers with each book HILARY MANTEL

Amb una prosa elegant i poderosa, Tessa Hadley reflexiona sobre la fragilitat de lentramat de vincles que generem al llarg de la vida.LAlexandr, la Christine, en Zachary i la Lydia han estat amics des que es van coneixer fa trenta anys. Tots dos matrimonis han tingut una vida comoda i harmonica fins que, un vespre destiu, la mort inesperada den Zach ho trasbalsa tot: han perdut el mes fort i generos dels quatre, la peça clau que mantenia el fragil equilibri de la seva amistat. La Lydia es trasllada a casa de lAlex i la Christine per mirar de refer-se, pero aquesta gran perdua, en comptes dunir-los mes, reobre velles ferides i fa ressorgir pors i rancunies oblidades. El passat projecta la seva ombra sobre tots ells.Cap al tard es una novel·la que mesura la distancia entre el que mostrem al mon i les veritats incomodes que amaguem. Amb una prosa elegant i poderosa, Tessa Hadley reflexiona sobre la fragilitat de lentramat de vincles que generem al llarg de la vida.Tessa Hadley (Bristol, 1956) es va llicenciar en Filologia Anglesa a la Universitat de Cambridge. Autora de set novel·les i tres llibres de relats, no va publicar la seva primera novel·la fins als quaranta-sis anys i, des de llavors, la seva reputacio literaria no ha parat de creixer. Entre altres premis, ha estat guardonada amb el Premi Windham Campbell per Clever girl (2013) i The past (2016). Actualment viu a Cardiff i ensenya Literatura i Escriptura Creativa a la Universitat de Bath Spa.

Como cada verano, cuatro hermanos regresan a la casa que durante generaciones ha pertenecido a la familia. Situada en una pequeña localidad inglesa no muy alejada de la costa, se trata del mismo lugar al que su madre, harta de su marido, se los llevo cuando eran niños. Pese a que esta repleta de recuerdos, la casa les resulta cada vez mas ajena, y su mantenimiento, mas costoso, por lo que los hermanos se plantean venderla y deshacerse de ella para siempre. Conscientes de que este podria ser el ultimo verano que pasen juntos, las emociones estan a flor de piel y se respira una calma tensa que se ve agudizada por la presencia de Pilar, la nueva e imponente mujer de uno de los hermanos, asi como por la de Kasim, el carismatico hijo del exnovio de otra. Se forma entonces una amalgama de recuerdos, intereses y personalidades con la que la familia tendra que convivir durante tres largas y calidas semanas si quiere conservar unos vinculos que cada dia parecen mas debiles.En El pasado, Tessa Hadley nos presenta una historia en la que el pasado silenciado de una familia amenaza con estallar y volverse insostenible. La memoria y el presente dialogan en una novela de prosa elegante e inconfundible flema britanica, en la que el lector asiste a la puesta en comun de una vida que, aunque en teoria compartieron, cada uno de los cuatro hermanos percibe a su manera, con sus propias expectativas frustradas y desde su presente y pasada singularidad.

En casa de los Fischer, todo está listo para recibir a un invitado a cenar: el joven Nicholas Knight, hijo de una vieja amiga de la familia. Hasta esa calurosa noche de 1967, ni Phyllis, una atractiva ama de casa de cuarenta años, ni su marido Roger, diplomatico en el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, se han detenido a cuestionar su vida en comun, solidamente asentada en una rutina sin sobresaltos y llena de comodidades. Sin embargo, tras la cena, a oscuras en el jardin, Nicholas besa a Phyllis, y los cimientos de ese mundo de fastuosa e ilusoria felicidad se tambalean.Atraida por ese chico contestatario y de aspecto bohemio, Phyllis se arroja a una aventura sentimental que revolucionara su vida hasta hacerle romper con todo, para asombro de su hija Colette, apenas una adolescente a punto de internarse en la vida adulta. La experiencia pondra en tela de juicio el modo de vida de los Fischer y dejara al descubierto lo que se esconde tras la fachada de las apariencias.Amor libre nos sumerge en aquel vibrante Londres de finales de los sesenta en el que los movimientos contraculturales convivian con los valores burgueses, y lo hace de la mano de Phyllis, una mujer dispuesta a lidiar con la incertidumbre y asumir las consecuencias de abrazar la libertad. Con la misma elegancia y sutileza que ya desplegara en Lo que queda de luz, Tessa Hadley explora los recovecos psicologicos de sus personajes, carga de significado lo cotidiano y crea atmosferas envolventes en una novela que habla de la incontrolable onda expansiva de nuestras decisiones.

In this New York Times Notable Book from one of todays most acclaimed writers, two lives stretched between two cities converge in a chance meeting that will irrevocably change their lives. Hadley is a supremely perceptive writer of formidable skill and intelligence, someone who goes well beyond surfaces.New York Times Book ReviewUnsettled by the recent death of his mother, Paul sets out in search of Pia, his daughter from his first marriage, who has disappeared into the labyrinth of London. Discovering her pregnant and living illegally in a run-down council flat with a pair of Polish siblings, Paul is entranced by Pias excitement at living on the edge. Abandoning his second wife and their children in Wales, he joins her to begin a new life in the heart of London.Cora, meanwhile, is running in the opposite direction, back to Cardiff, to the house she has inherited from her parents. She is escaping her marriage, and the constrictions and disappointments of her life in London. But there is a deeper reason why she cannot stay with her decent Civil Service husband; the aftershocks of which she hasnt fully come to terms with herself.Connecting both stories is the London train, and a chance meeting that will have immediate and far-reaching consequences for both Paul and Cora.

Unflinching, intelligent and fascinating Marian KeyesThe lives of two close-knit couples are irrevocably changed by an untimely death in this Sunday Times bestselling novelAlex and Christine and Zach and Lydia have been inseparable since their twenties. From student house-shares and grubby pubs to proper homes and grown-up careers, the two couples lives have been interlinked for decades. Then one evening, Alex and Christine receive a call from a distraught Lydia. Zach is dead. Inconsolable, Lydia moves in with Alex and Christine. But instead of their loss bringing them closer, the three of them find that love and sorrow give way to anger and bitterness as old entanglements and resentments rise from the past.A fine-grained novel of friendship, loss and jealousySunday Times, *100 Great 21-Century Novels*

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Free Love and Late in the Day, discover a story of two lives stretched between two cities, two stories bound by the London train.Paul sets out in search of his eldest daughter Pia, who has gone missing somewhere in London. At first he thinks he wants to rescue her, but as time passes he is drawn deeper into the excitements of the capital, and a life lived in jeopardy, he forgets his own way home. In the opposite direction, Cora is moving back to Cardiff, to the house she inherited from her parents. She is escaping her marriage and the disappointments of her London life. And then she receives a telephone call to say that her husband has disappeared...She has such great psychological insights into human beings, which is rare. She is one of the best fiction writers writing today Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

As London comes alive with the 1960s youth revolution, one woman makes a choice that defies all expectations.So real and humane and utterly transporting Meg MasonIts 1967 and London is alive with the new youth revolution. In the suburbs, meanwhile, Phyllis Fischer inhabits a world of conventional stability. Married with two children, her life is both comfortable and predictable.But when Nicky - a twenty-something friend of the family - visits one hot summer evening and kisses Phyllis in the dark of the garden, something in her catches fire. Newly awake to the world, Phyllis makes a choice that defies all expectations . . .Wonderful Marian KeyesMy favourite author Kate AtkinsonAchingly moving and realGuardianBeguiling Hilary MantelCompelling Elizabeth DayWill bring you to tearsDaily Mail

The fifth novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Free Love, The Past and Late in the Day, Clever Girl is a tale of an ordinary life made extraordinary by the gifts of Tessa Hadley. Stella was a clever girl, everyone thought so. Living with her mother and rather unsatisfactory stepfather in suburban respectability she reads voraciously, smokes until her voice is hoarse and dreams of a less ordinary life. When she meets Val, he seems to her to embody everything she longs for - glamour, ideas, excitement and the thrill of the unknown. But these things come at a price and one that Stella despite all her cleverness doesnt realise until it is too late.Tessa Hadley writes like a dreamDaily Mail

LONGLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTIONKate Flynn has always been a clever girl, brought up to believe in herself as something special. Now Kate is forty-three and has given up her university career in London to come home and look after her mother at Firenze, their big house by a lake in Cardiff. When Kate meets David Roberts, a friend from the old days, she begins to obsess about him: she knows its because shes bored and hasnt got anything else to do, but she cant stop. Adapting to a new way of life, the connections Kate forges in her new home are to have painful consequences, as the past begins to cast its long shadow over the present...Bewitching... A prose stylist of quite outstanding talent with a gift for psychological acuity and an ability to encapsulate the human conditionGuardian