Alone with a Book
On Reading, Writing and Looking
$38.99
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
17 November 2026
Summary
A glorious celebration of reading deeply and seeing the world and ourselves reflected back to us in art, in the first non-fiction from Tessa Hadley.
Tessa Hadley is a great writer, and if it’s possible, an even better reader.
In 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 fr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781787336797 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1787336794 |
| Author: | Tessa Hadley |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 17 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 518g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 156mm x 240mm |
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Critics Review
Not for the first time, Tessa Hadley’s writing has managed to comfort me at the same time as setting my brain on fire. Her tone is gentle, her thoughts searing and exhilarating. Nobody else could have written this book. It will remain my writing and reading companion for years, probably always – Samantha Harvey
A joyful celebration of books and paintings that shows us how much we can see if we are prepared to open our eyes wide enough and let our imaginations roam free. Every page crackles with imagination and critical insight – Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Essential reading if you want to find out more about her [Hadley’s] approach to novel (and short-story) writing, with influences that go right back to her childhood * Bookseller *
Tessa Hadley
Tessa Hadley is the author of eight highly praised novels:
- Accidents in the Home (longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award)
- Everything Will Be All Right
- The Master Bedroom
- The London Train
- Clever Girl
- The Past (won the Hawthornden Prize for 2016)
- Late in the Day
- Free Love
And four collections of stories:
- Sunstroke
- Married Love
- Bad Dreams
- After the Funeral
She won the Windham Campbell Prize for Fiction in 2016 and has twice been awarded the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, for 2018 and for 2024. Her stories appear regularly in The New Yorker.
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