{"product_id":"alone-with-a-book-tessa-hadley-9781787336797","title":"Alone with a Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eA glorious celebration of reading deeply and seeing the world and ourselves reflected back to us in art\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It will remain my writing and reading companion for years, probably always\"\n— Samantha Harvey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Tessa Hadley is a great writer, and if it's possible, an even better reader\"\n— Zadie Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this rich and engaging collection of essays, Tessa Hadley reflects on a lifetime of reading with the clarity and perceptiveness that have made her one of our most widely loved contemporary writers. She charts her development as a lover of literature from a book-mad childhood shaped by libraries and imaginary worlds, through the long, uncertain years of writing and teaching, to the mature artistic vision that defines her work today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere, Tessa Hadley turns to writers as varied as George Eliot and George Saunders, Tolstoy and Elizabeth Bowen, and looks closely at a handful of paintings. Throughout, her sharp eye, precise judgement, and instinct for style guides the reader towards the pleasures found in each text, and in a life made richer, deeper, and more fully imagined through art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The writer we didn't know we were waiting for, until she arrived\"\n— Anne Enright\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Tessa Hadley's extraordinary skill [is] making both surface life and deep interiors come fully alive\"\n— Colm Toibin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes stunning full-colour images\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68116457718048,"sku":"9781787336797","price":18.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781787336797_3121021.jpg?v=1793698553","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/alone-with-a-book-tessa-hadley-9781787336797","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}