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 two collections of stories, Sunstroke and Married Love. The Past won the Hawthornden Prize for 2016. 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.
Few writers give me such consistent pleasure.
*Zadie Smith*
Tessa Hadley has become one of this country’s great contemporary
novelists ... possessed of a psychological subtlety reminiscent of
Henry James, and an ironic beadiness worthy of Jane Austen
*Guardian*
Hadley is a writer whose reputation grows with every book… This new
collection of short stories reconfirms her remarkable talent…
Hadley excels at both genres, brilliant at conveying emotion and
with an uncanny ability to get under her character’s skin… These
stories brim with a keen intelligence and linger in the mind long
after you close the book.
*Tatler*
[It is] lapidary, full of the most gorgeous sentences and brilliant
observations.
*Observer, 2017 Books of the Year*
Hadley’s quiet rise to become one of Britain’s best writers is
further confirmed by her new collection, Bad Dreams and Other
Stories… These well-turned, exceptionally nuanced pieces are
solidly evocative of place, period…and sensory detail.
*Sunday Times*
Compassionate and luminous, Hadley sees… us all: our travails, our
fantasies and our small joys.
*Financial Times*
Tessa Hadley’s short stories, Bad Dreams, are simple and artful and
leave you wanting more.
*Hilary Mantel*
It is exquisite, haunting… This is writing of great nuance and
psychological acuity… It combines acerbic social observation and
wry humour with moments of breathtaking delicacy and
tenderness.
*Guardian*
The ordinary becomes extraordinary in these masterly short stories
by one of the most brilliant and under-read writers of our
time.
*Mail on Sunday, 2017 Books of the Year*
Hadley has an anthropological gift; she notices the small, regular
gestures and responses of the everyday, and demonstrates their
enormous impact on our perception of the world, and thus, every
relationship we have.
*Big Issue*
The absorbing nature of Hadley’s novels is demonstrated… through
her ability to capture the intricate details of domestic life and
make them interesting… The sense of nostalgia she creates and the
wonderfully descriptive storytelling compel you to finish each
story.
*UK Press Syndication*
This is a delightful introduction to the absorbing writing of Tessa
Hadley and her ability to make domestic life interesting.
*i*
Full of… subtle, wise, finely grained observations.
*Literary Review*
It is the quiet, reflective moments that make Tessa Hadley’s
stories so poignant and insightful… there is a psychological heft
to her observations.
*Sunday Express*
Hadley’s writing is direct and a pleasure to read, and she has an
uncanny ability to capture the intricate details of everyday
life.
*The Scotsman*
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