tessa-hadley
Georgina Hammick obituary
Poet and writer whose protagonists are often women comically uncomfortable inside outdated traditions of femininity
Tessa Hadley
13, Feb, 2023 @4:52 PM
The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li review – a haunting fable of friendship
Yiyun Li is a fascinating and unclassifiable writer, and brings insight and depth to a tale of two French girls spreading their wings
Tessa Hadley
13, Oct, 2022 @6:30 AM
The Country of Others by Leïla Slimani review – a compelling exploration of the past
The bestselling author of Lullaby works her dangerous magic on her own family history in the first of a planned trilogy
Tessa Hadley
28, Jul, 2021 @6:30 AM
In Memory of Memory by Maria Stepanova review – a family history
A compendious family scrapbook that tells the story of a turbulent century of Russian life
Tessa Hadley
07, Apr, 2021 @11:00 AM
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders review – rules for good writing, and more
The spell of words ... a wonderful book in which a Booker prizewinner explains what makes classic short stories work so well
Tessa Hadley
06, Jan, 2021 @7:30 AM
Intimations by Zadie Smith review – a wonderful essayist on the lockdown
Pandemic reflections and street encounters from a writer whose self-doubt is central to her talent
Tessa Hadley
01, Aug, 2020 @6:30 AM
Footprints by David Farrier review – fossils of the Anthropocene
From nuclear waste to huge numbers of jellyfish … what signs will future generations find of today’s ecological crisis?
Tessa Hadley
03, Apr, 2020 @6:30 AM
A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry review – an ambitious sequel to Days Without End
Narrated by a young Native American woman, the follow-up to Barry’s Costa winner again displays the rare gifts of a natural storyteller
Tessa Hadley
13, Mar, 2020 @7:30 AM
The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes review - a belle epoque womaniser
A virtuoso gynaecologist is placed skilfully at the centre of a web of connections in an era of Parisian decadence
Tessa Hadley
06, Nov, 2019 @7:30 AM
Lie With Me by Philippe Besson review – a French bestseller
Full of Proustian echoes, this story of gay adolescence deals with complex issues of class, shame and secrecy
Tessa Hadley
06, Sep, 2019 @7:58 AM
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong review – portrait of the artist as a teenager
A Vietnamese-American poet’s debut mines his extraordinary family story with passion and beauty
Tessa Hadley
14, Jun, 2019 @6:29 AM
Bite-sized: 50 great short stories, chosen by Hilary Mantel, George Saunders and more
Quick and easily shared, is the short story the form for our times? Hilary Mantel, Mark Haddon and others pick their favourites
Hilary Mantel, George Saunders, Tessa Hadley, Jhumpa Lahiri, Chris Power and more
02, Feb, 2019 @9:00 AM
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