{"product_id":"the-party-tessa-hadley","title":"The Party (Tessa Hadley)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exhilarating winter tale of two sisters drawn into a new life of risk, passion and possibility.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tessa Hadley is my favourite author'\u003c\/b\u003e KATE ATKINSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Few writers give me such consistent pleasure'\u003c\/b\u003e ZADIE SMITH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A glimmering tale of two sisters' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Hadley's extraordinary skill [is] making both surface life and deep interiors come fully alive'\u003c\/b\u003e COLM TÓIBÍN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTessa Hadley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eight highly praised novels: \u003ci\u003eAccidents in the Home\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, \u003ci\u003eEverything Will Be All Right\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Master Bedroom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe London Train\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClever Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Past\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLate in the Day \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFree Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and four collections of stories: \u003ci\u003eSunstroke\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarried Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBad Dreams \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAfter the Funeral\u003c\/i\u003e. She won the Windham Campbell Prize for Fiction in 2016, \u003ci\u003eThe Past \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Hawthornden Prize for 2016 and she has twice been awarded the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, for 2018 and for 2024. Her stories appear regularly in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 128 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65828412784989,"sku":"K097924024","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9792402400001A.jpg?v=1788691135","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-party-tessa-hadley","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}