{"product_id":"9781787336797","title":"Alone With a Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA glorious celebration of reading deeply and seeing the world and ourselves reflected back to us in art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It will remain my writing and reading companion for years, probably always' SAMANTHA HARVEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tessa Hadley is a great writer, and if it's possible, an even better reader' ZADIE SMITH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The writer we didn't know we were waiting for, until she arrived' ANNE ENRIGHT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tessa Hadley's extraordinary skill [is] making both surface life and deep interiors come fully alive' COLM TOIBIN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes stunning full-colour images\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hadley, Tessa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59252627472758,"sku":"9781787336797","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1208\/4146\/files\/9781787336797.jpg?v=1793873391","url":"https:\/\/chepstowbooks.co.uk\/products\/9781787336797","provider":"Chepstow Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}