{"product_id":"alone-with-a-book","title":"Tessa Hadley: Alone with a Book [2026]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA glorious celebration of reading deeply and seeing the world and ourselves reflected back to us in art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It will remain my writing and reading companion for years, probably always' SAMANTHA HARVEY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tessa Hadley is a great writer, and if it's possible, an even better reader' ZADIE SMITH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 from a book-mad childhood shaped by libraries and imaginary worlds, through the long, uncertain years of writing and teaching, to the mature artistic vision that defines her work today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere, Tessa Hadley turns to writers as varied as George Eliot and George Saunders, Tolstoy and Elizabeth Bowen, and looks closely at a handful of paintings. Throughout, her sharp eye, precise judgement, and instinct for style guides the reader towards the pleasures found in each text, and in a life made richer, deeper, and more fully imagined through art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The writer we didn't know we were waiting for, until she arrived' ANNE ENRIGHT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tessa Hadley's extraordinary skill [is] making both surface life and deep interiors come fully alive' COLM TOIBIN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes stunning full-colour images\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hadley, Tessa","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":55329490993491,"sku":"9781787336797","price":26.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/hadley-tessa-tessa-hadley-alone-with-a-book-2026-9781787336797-1262371480.jpg?v=1791841478","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/alone-with-a-book","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}