Tessa Hadley

An unforgettable story about two sisters and a night that changes everything, from the master chronicler of our heart’s hidden desires.‘Tessa Hadley is my favourite author’ KATE ATKINSONEvelyn 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.‘Few writers give me such consistent pleasure’ ZADIE SMITH‘Hadley’s extraordinary skill [is] making both surface life and deep interiors come fully alive’ COLM TÓIBÍN‘Tessa Hadley recruits admirers with each book’ HILARY MANTEL*A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES*

Fire søsken med sine familier møtes for den årlige familieferien – tre lange, varme sommeruker i besteforeldrenes hus på landet. Det elskede, forfalne huset er fylt med minner, men dette kan være deres siste sommer der.Roland kommer med sin nye kone, som søstrene ikke liker. Alice har med seg ekskjærestens tjue år gamle sønn, som legger planer om å forføre Rolands seksten år gamle datter. Fran kommer med sine to barn, men uten deres far som heller prioriterer å turnere med bandet. Og den eldste søsteren Harriet kommer med et selvbilde som blir smadret når lidenskapen slår til.Søsken er en livsklok fortelling om en uforglemmelig søskenflokk og deres oppgjør med fortidens idealer. En medrivende roman om store følelser, gamle minner og en sommer hjemsøkt av oppbrudd og fortidens spøkelser – fra en av Storbritannias største nålevende forfattere.«‘Endelig!’, får jeg lyst til å rope ut, men det ville vært misvisende, for jeg har ikke gått og ventet på noe. Jeg ante ikke at jeg lengtet etter Tessa Hadley før jeg fikk Søsken i hendene.»Svenska Dagbladet«Demonstrerer Hadleys suverene overskudd som romanforfatter.»Politiken, Danmark«Hun har en psykologisk subtilitet som minner om Henry James, og en ironisk snert som er Jane Austen verdig.»The Guardian

An unforgettable story about two sisters and a night that changes everything, from the master chronicler of our heart’s hidden desires.‘Tessa Hadley is my favourite author’ KATE ATKINSONEvelyn 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.‘Few writers give me such consistent pleasure’ ZADIE SMITH‘Hadley’s extraordinary skill [is] making both surface life and deep interiors come fully alive’ COLM TÓIBÍN‘Tessa Hadley recruits admirers with each book’ HILARY MANTEL*A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES*

Fra en af Storbritanniens største nulevende forfattere kommer en livsklog og medrivende roman om en søskendeflok og deres opgør med fortidens idealer. Efter bedsteforældrenes død samles tre søstre og deres bror i den elskede, men forfaldne præstegård, hvor de har tilbragt mange varme uger sammen i barndommen. Roland ankommer med sin nye hustru, som ingen af søstrene bryder sig om. Alice har sin ekskærestes tyveårige søn med, og han har planer om at forføre Rolands teenagedatter. Frans børn gør en grusom opdagelse i en hytte i skoven – og storesøster Harriet mister fatningen, da uforudsete følelser kommer for en dag. Denne sommer kan blive deres sidste i huset, men nostalgiske minder fremmaner sprækker i idyllen på det gamle landsted. Og det står stadig mere klart, at den levevis, der har hersket her i årtier – småborgerlig, dannet, ritualiseret, britisk – lakker mod sin uomgængelige afslutning. Søskende er en fortælling om en uforglemmelig søskendeflok, om store følelser, gamle minder og en sommer hjemsøgt af opbrud og fortidens spøgelser

Sunday Times bestseller Tessa Hadley explores the big consequences of small events in this new collection‘Tessa Hadley is my favourite author’ KATE ATKINSONHeloise’s father died in a car crash when she was a little girl; at a dinner party in her forties, she meets someone connected to that long-ago tragedy. Janey’s bohemian mother plans to marry a man close to Janey's own age – everything changes when an accident interrupts the wedding party. A daughter caring for her elderly mother during the pandemic becomes obsessed with the woman next door; in the wake of his best friend’s death, a man must reassess his affair with the friend’s wife. Teenager Cecilia wakes one morning on holiday with her parents in Florence and sees them for the first time through disenchanted eyes.These twelve stories plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships.‘Few writers give me such consistent pleasure’ ZADIE SMITH‘Hadley is fantastically inventive . . . A magnificent collection’ Daily Telegraph‘Wonderful . . . The quality of suspense and satisfaction in Hadley’s stories is miraculous’ Vogue, Books of the Year

A masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships--Tessa Hadley is "one of the greatest stylists alive" (Ron Charles, Washington Post). A Best Book of the Year: TIME, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Vogue "Hadley is pure magic and After the Funeral is a triumph."--Lily King, New York Times best-selling author of Writers & Lovers and Euphoria In each of these twelve stories, small events have huge consequences. Heloise's father died in a car crash when she was a little girl; at a dinner party in her forties, she meets someone connected to that long-ago tragedy. Two estranged sisters cross paths at a posh hotel and pretend not to recognize each other. Janie's bohemian mother plans to marry a man close to Janie's own age--everything changes when an accident interrupts the wedding party. A daughter caring for her elderly mother during the pandemic becomes obsessed with the woman next door; in the wake of his best friend's death, a man must reassess his affair with the friend's wife. Cecilia, a teenager, wakes one morning in Florence on vacation with her parents and sees them for the first time through disenchanted eyes. As psychologically astute as they are emotionally rich, these stories illuminate the enduring conflicts between responsibility and freedom, power and desire, convention and subversion, reality and dreams. A vital addition to Tessa Hadley's celebrated body of work, After the Funeral and Other Stories showcases what Colm T ib n describes as "Tessa Hadley's extraordinary skill at making both surface life and deep interiors come fully alive."

Kesken rauhallisen koti-illan Alexin ja Christinen pitkäaikainen perheystävä Lydia soittaa järkyttävän uutisen: hänen miehensä Zach on kuollut yllättäen. Lohduton Lydia muuttaa Alexin ja Christinen luo, mutta surun jakaminen ei lähennäkään heitä toisiinsa, päinvastoin. Menneisyydestä alkaa nousta pintaan katkeria muistoja, ja salatut tunteet ottavat vallan. Tällä kaikella on vaikutuksensa myös heidän aikuisuudenkynnyksellä hapuilevien lastensa elämään.Sekä kirjailijana että suomentajana palkittu Marianna Kurtto tavoittaa käännöksessään häikäisevän tarkasti Tessa Hadleyn elegantin ja hengittävän kerronnan.

Sunday Times bestseller Tessa Hadley explores the big consequences of small events in this new collection'You've either got it or you haven't. Hadley's got it' FINANCIAL TIMESHeloise's father died in a car crash when she was a little girl; at a dinner party in her forties, she meets someone connected to that long-ago tragedy. Janey's bohemian mother plans to marry a man close to Janey's own age - everything changes when an accident interrupts the wedding party. A daughter caring for her elderly mother during the pandemic becomes obsessed with the woman next door; in the wake of his best friend's death, a man must reassess his affair with the friend's wife. Teenager Cecilia wakes one morning on holiday with her parents in Florence and sees them for the first time through disenchanted eyes.These stories illuminate the enduring conflicts between responsibility and freedom, power and desire, convention and subversion, reality, and dreams.***A GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023******ONE OF THE BBC’S '25 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2023'***

En ny fängslande roman om en kvinnas sexuella och intellektuella uppvaknande i 60-talets swinging London av författaren till "Syskonen" och "Sent på dagen".1967. Medan London vaknar till liv av den nya ungdomsrevolutionen verkar förortsfamiljen Fischer tillhöra en äldre värld av konventionell stabilitet: den vackra och plikttrogna hemmafrun Phyllis är gift med Roger, en hängiven pappa med en karriär i utrikesdepartementet.Men när en gammal väns tjugoåriga son kommer hem till familjen en varm sommarkväll och kysser Phyllis i den mörka trädgården efter middagen, händer något inom henne. I detta uppvaknande gör Phyllis ett val som går emot alla förväntningar på henne som hustru och mamma.Med skalpellskarp insikt utforskar Tessa Hadley sina karaktärers inre världar och avslöjar deras rädslor och längtan. Med de vågade och sensuella undertonerna är Fri kärlek en oemotståndlig utforskning av romantisk kärlek, sexuell frihet och att leva ut den mest sanna och meningsfulla versionen av oss själva. Det är en roman som visar prov på Hadleys enastående förmåga att ”skriva om medvetandet så innerligt, fullt ut, att det höjer och utökar ens eget”. (Lily King, författare till Euphoria.)

1967. Mens London vækkes til live af det nye ungdomsoprør, tilhører forstadsfamilien Fisher en helt anden verden af traditionsbunden stabilitet. Den smukke og pligtopfyldende, hjemmegående Phyllis er gift med Roger, en hengiven far med karriere i udenrigsministeriet, og sammen har de to børn, gulddrengen Hugh og teenagedatteren, læsehesten Colette. Men da den nogle og tyveårige søn af en god ven besøger familien en varm sommeraften og kysser Phyllis i havens mørke efter en højstemt middag, antændes noget i hende. Og Phyllis træffer et valg, der går imod alles forventninger til hende som hustru og mor. Med skalpelskarp indsigt og præcis, smægtende prosa udforsker Tessa Hadley sine karakterers indre valg og afslører deres frygt og længsler. Fri kærlighed er et altopslugende og uomgængeligt studie i romantisk kærlighed, seksuel frihed og udlevelsen af den mest sande og meningsfulde version af os selv.

Vangitseva romaani nelikymppisen naisen seksuaalisesta ja älyllisestä heräämisestä Tutustu tästä lukunäytteeseen Nelikymppinen Phyllis ja hänen Lontoon lähiöelämään juurtunut perheensä – ulkoministeriön virkamies Roger, teini-ikäinen lukutoukka Colette ja 9-vuotias kultapoika Hugh – ovat vuoden 1967 kuohujen keskellä kuin menneestä maailmasta.Eräänä helteisenä kesäiltana perheen elämä mullistuu, kun ystävien parikymppinen boheemipoika Nick tulee päivälliselle. Phyllis tekee valinnan, joka on täysin päinvastainen kuin häneltä äitinä ja vaimona odotetaan.Millaista on elää itselleen uskollisena ja totuudenmukaisesti, ja millainen on tuon valinnan hinta?"Ei ole Tessa Hadleyn veroista perhedynamiikan ja perheenjäsenten muodostaman tunnekartan monimutkaisen kudoksen kuvaajaa. Hän on nero vangitsemaan karkaavia ajatuksia ja muistoja, halun väkevää energiaa sekä sitä häilyvää järkeilyä, joka muodostaa sisäisen olemuksemme... Vapaa rakkaus on syvällinen, poikkeuksellisen hienovireinen romaani." – Wall Street Journal"Ruhtinaallinen ja yllättävä." – Publishers Weekly tähtiarviossaan"Hadley on tämän päivän parhaita romaanikirjailijoita." – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

As London comes alive with the 1960s youth revolution, one woman makes a choice that defies all expectations.'So real and humane and utterly transporting' Meg MasonIt's 1967 and London is alive with the new youth revolution. In the suburbs, meanwhile, Phyllis Fischer inhabits a world of conventional stability. Married with two children, her life is both comfortable and predictable.But when Nicky - a twenty-something friend of the family - visits one hot summer evening and kisses Phyllis in the dark of the garden, something in her catches fire. Newly awake to the world, Phyllis makes a choice that defies all expectations . . .'Wonderful' Marian Keyes'My favourite author' Kate Atkinson'Achingly moving and real' Guardian 'Beguiling' Hilary Mantel'Compelling' Elizabeth Day'Will bring you to tears' Daily Mail

"Exquisite." --Minneapolis Star Tribune - "Brilliantly observed." -- People, Pick of the Week"A beguiling novel, deceptively easy to read; beneath the surface swim disturbing and age-old questions about freedom and fate." -- Hilary MantelFrom the bestselling author of Late in the Day and The Past comes a compulsive new novel about one woman's sexual and intellectual awakening in 1960s London.1967. While London comes alive with the new youth revolution, the suburban Fischer family seems to belong to an older world of conventional stability: pretty, dutiful homemaker Phyllis is married to Roger, a devoted father with a career in the Foreign Office. Their children are Colette, a bookish teenager, and Hugh, the golden boy.But when the twenty-something son of an old friend pays the Fischers a visit one hot summer evening, and kisses Phyllis in the dark garden after dinner, something in her catches fire. Newly awake to the world, Phyllis makes a choice that defies all expectations of her as a wife and a mother. Nothing in these ordinary lives is so ordinary after all, it turns out, as the family's upheaval mirrors the dramatic transformation of the society around them.With scalpel-sharp insight, Tessa Hadley explores her characters' inner worlds, laying bare their fears and longings. Daring and sensual, Free Love is an irresistible exploration of romantic love, sexual freedom and living out the truest and most meaningful version of our selves - a novel that showcases Hadley's unrivaled ability to "put on paper a consciousness so visceral, so fully realized, it heightens and expands your own" (Lily King, author of Euphoria).