Clever Girl by Tessa Hadley
The story is full of drama violent deaths, an abrupt end to Stellas schooldays, two sons by different fathers who arent around to see the boys grow up but as ever it is her observation of ordinary lives, of the way men and women think and feel and relate to one another, that dazzles.
Few writers give me such consistent pleasure -- Zadie Smith
She has such great psychological insights into human beings, which is rareShe is one of the best fiction writers writing today -- Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
As discrete entities, Hadley’s short stories are intense, miniature novels in themselves; bound together in a novel, they become quietly brilliant, offering an incisive exploration into how life’s individuals episodes add up to a meaningful whole. -- Francesca Angelini * Sunday Times *
Hadley is a writer of exceptional intelligence and skill and, for all the apparent conventionality of her vision, hers is a subtly subversive talent. -- Edmund Gordon * Observer *
There is something reassuring yet deliciously unexpected about a Tessa Hadley novel. -- Helen Brown * Daily Telegraph *
She has such great psychological insights into human beings, which is rareShe is one of the best fiction writers writing today -- Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
As discrete entities, Hadley’s short stories are intense, miniature novels in themselves; bound together in a novel, they become quietly brilliant, offering an incisive exploration into how life’s individuals episodes add up to a meaningful whole. -- Francesca Angelini * Sunday Times *
Hadley is a writer of exceptional intelligence and skill and, for all the apparent conventionality of her vision, hers is a subtly subversive talent. -- Edmund Gordon * Observer *
There is something reassuring yet deliciously unexpected about a Tessa Hadley novel. -- Helen Brown * Daily Telegraph *
Tessa Hadley is the author of six highly praised novels, Accidents in the Home, which was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, Everything Will Be All Right, The Master Bedroom, The London Train, Clever Girl and The Past, and three collections of stories, Sunstroke, Married Love and Bad Dreams. The Past won the Hawthornden Prize for 2016, and Bad Dreams won the 2018 Edge Hill Short Story Prize. She lives in London and is Professor of Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. Her stories appear regularly in the New Yorker and other magazines.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224096522 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224096524 |
| Title | Clever Girl |
| Author | Tessa Hadley |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2013-05-02 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Wales Book of the Year 2014 (UK) |
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