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Tessa Hadley - The Party
Join acclaimed author Tessa Hadley for a talk on her latest book, The Party, an irresistible novella about two sisters and a night that changes everything,.
The Party:
Evelyn had the surprising thought that bodies were sometimes wiser than the people inside them. She’d have liked to impress somebody with this idea, but couldn’t explain it.
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. 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.
In this novella of two young women coming of age, Tessa Hadley explores the ever-changing desires, the sudden revelations and the lasting mysteries that are bound up with who we are, and who we might become.
’Few writers give me such consistent pleasure’ Zadie Smith, author White Teeth
‘Tessa Hadley recruits admirers with each book’ Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall
‘She is one of the best fiction writers writing today’ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Purple Hibiscus
The Party:
Evelyn had the surprising thought that bodies were sometimes wiser than the people inside them. She’d have liked to impress somebody with this idea, but couldn’t explain it.
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. 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.
In this novella of two young women coming of age, Tessa Hadley explores the ever-changing desires, the sudden revelations and the lasting mysteries that are bound up with who we are, and who we might become.
’Few writers give me such consistent pleasure’ Zadie Smith, author White Teeth
‘Tessa Hadley recruits admirers with each book’ Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall
‘She is one of the best fiction writers writing today’ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Purple Hibiscus
7pm
Ticket £9
£3 off the book at the event
Ticket £9
£3 off the book at the event
Parabola Arts Centre
Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1SP
Tue 19 November
Website:
rossiterbooks.co.uk