The award-winning author of The past once again "crystallizes the atmosphere of ordinary life in prose somehow miraculous and natural" (Washington Post), in a collection of stories that elevate the mundane into the exceptional. The author of six critically acclaimed novels, Tessa...
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"A masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships. In each of these twelve stories, small events have huge consequences."-- Provided by publisher.
when the twenty-something son of an old friend pays the Fischers a visit one hot summer evening, and kisses Phyllis in the dark garden after dinner, something in her catches fire. Newly awake to the world, Phyllis makes a choice that defies all expectations of her as a wife and a...
"Alexandr and Christine and Zachary and Lydia have been friends since they first met in their twenties. Thirty years later Alex and Christine are spending a leisurely summer's evening at home when they receive a call from a distraught Lydia. Zach is dead. In the wake of this prof...
A mesmerizing novel about family and the modern world encroaching upon the old, from one of Britain's finest contemporary novelists. With uncanny precision and extraordinary sympathy, Tessa Hadley charts the squalls of lust and envy disrupting an ill-assorted house party, as well...
A collection of stories exploring the theme of the exceptional nature of seemingly mundane things, depicting such characters as sisters who quarrel over an inheritance and new baby, a child who explores her home in the middle of the night and a housekeeper who uncovers an elderly...
A collection of myths and legends from different parts of the world about the four basic elements without which life would not be possible.
"Alexandr and Christine and Zachary and Lydia have been friends since they first met in their twenties. Thirty years later, Alex and Christine are spending a leisurely summers evening at home when they receive a call from a distraught Lydia: she is at the hospital. Zach is dead. ...
"Alexandr and Christine and Zachary and Lydia have been friends since they first met in their twenties. Thirty years later, Alex and Christine are spending a leisurely summer's evening at home when they receive a call from a distraught Lydia: she is at the hospital. Zach is dead....
In this collection of short stories, Hadley examines the most intimate of family relationships in situations laced with humour, warmth, and emotion. 2012.
Twelve traditional tales about the sun and the moon from a variety of cultures.
Na culturalmente inquieta Londres dos anos 60, a família suburbana Fischer pertence a um mundo de segurança convencional: Phyllis é uma bonita dona de casa, apta a tudo, casada com Roger, um pai afeiçoado e senhor de uma esplêndida carreira política. Os seus filhos são Col...
The dazzling collection of stories from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Late in the Day. **WINNER OF THE EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE** Two sisters quarrel over an inheritance and a new baby. A housekeeper caring for a helpless old man uncovers secrets from his pa...
In the collection of short stories, Hadley examines the most intimate of family relationships in situations laced with humor, warmth, and emotion.