After the Party
Autor Cressida Connollyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 sep 2018
It is the summer of 1938 and Phyllis Forrester has returned to England after years abroad. Moving into her sister's grand country house, she soon finds herself entangled in a new world of idealistic beliefs and seemingly innocent friendships. Fevered talk of another war infiltrates their small, privileged circle, giving way to a thrilling solution: a great and charismatic leader, who will restore England to its former glory.
At a party hosted by her new friends, Phyllis lets down her guard for a single moment, with devastating consequences. Years later, Phyllis, alone and embittered, recounts the dramatic events which led to her imprisonment and changed the course of her life forever.
'Wonderfully subtle and compelling' Linda Grant
'Uncanny, evocative, atmospheric'Sunday Times
'Connolly is a terrifically subtle writer... [she] slyly sweeps her readers into the period drama as tensions tauten between families and social classes'Daily Telegraph
'Wonderful, tragicomic... beautifully researched'The Times
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241327739
ISBN-10: 0241327733
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241327733
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Notă biografică
Cressida
Connollyis
a
reviewer
and
journalist,
who
has
written
forVogue,
theTelegraph,
theSpectator,theGuardianand
numerous
other
publications.
Cressida
is
the
author
of
three
books:The
Happiest
Days,
which
won
the
MacMillan/PEN
Award,The
Rare
and
the
BeautifulandMy
Former
Heart.
Cressida
is
the
daughter
of
writer
Cyril
Connolly.
She
lives
in
Worcestershire.
Recenzii
Profound
and
moving
and
completely
original,
with
a
storyline
that
is
completely
satisfying.
It'll
be
one
of
those
novels
that
stays
in
my
mind
forever...
it's
a
work
of
art
I finished it in two days flat and I've never read anything quite like it. Everything about the book rings true, politically, psychologically, and in period detail, from the sunny beginnings to the grim end
A wonderfully subtle and interesting account of the Mosley women, with a compelling voice
Wonderful, tragicomic... beautifully researched
One of the best books published this year
Uncanny, evocative.... Connolly skilfully sets scenes in pared yet atmospheric prose
Connolly gives an object lesson in how to tell a story in a non-judgmental way. The result is a brave, engrossing and unexpectedly moving novel
Polished and reflective... a salutary masterclass on the values that really matter
This historical novel is an absorbing, nuanced look at extremism dressed up with social niceties and class privilege, and is sure to resonate today
In her latest novel, Cressida Connolly expertly evokes a changing nation, and a woman whose life is altered forever
Connolly [is] an unerring storyteller who excels at both period and place
[A] virtuoso novel
A wonderfully acute writer
Connolly has tremendous fun with her posh characters' class-obsessed milieu, but the privations of Holloway Prison, with its rope-thick dust, bone-chilling cold and maggoty food, are equally sharply drawn
Deeply impressive.... quietly devastating tale of world affairs played out on an intimate scale
Connolly is a terrifically subtle writer... [she] slyly sweeps her readers into the period drama as tensions tauten between families and social classes
Chilling
Extraordinary, gripping... Exquisitely written with lyricism and a stiletto-sharp and humorous pen, Connolly takes on a subject which resonates powerfully with current politics
Beautifully written... Connolly's perfect control of tone and detail makes this very compelling. Excellent
Connolly's research is immaculate... well-imagined
In pared yet atmospheric prose, Connolly skilfully evokes the scents of an English summer and hedonistic parties
Connolly has an ear for how people really speak. It's the gift of a proper writer
Cressida Connolly's flawless new novelAfter the Party,for all its darkness, seems suffused with the "soft, buttery" light of an English summer afternoon. But in June of 1938, infernal shadows lengthen. Ms. Connolly is a master, revealing character while sustaining an effect of lightness and ease. We follow Phyllis through an indolent prewar season beautifully conjured, often in heady, sensual detail. Ms. Connolly is too astute and compassionate a novelist to provide neat conclusions. The novel leaves us with the mysterious sense of having inhabited a time and a life whose emotional gravity holds us still.
I finished it in two days flat and I've never read anything quite like it. Everything about the book rings true, politically, psychologically, and in period detail, from the sunny beginnings to the grim end
A wonderfully subtle and interesting account of the Mosley women, with a compelling voice
Wonderful, tragicomic... beautifully researched
One of the best books published this year
Uncanny, evocative.... Connolly skilfully sets scenes in pared yet atmospheric prose
Connolly gives an object lesson in how to tell a story in a non-judgmental way. The result is a brave, engrossing and unexpectedly moving novel
Polished and reflective... a salutary masterclass on the values that really matter
This historical novel is an absorbing, nuanced look at extremism dressed up with social niceties and class privilege, and is sure to resonate today
In her latest novel, Cressida Connolly expertly evokes a changing nation, and a woman whose life is altered forever
Connolly [is] an unerring storyteller who excels at both period and place
[A] virtuoso novel
A wonderfully acute writer
Connolly has tremendous fun with her posh characters' class-obsessed milieu, but the privations of Holloway Prison, with its rope-thick dust, bone-chilling cold and maggoty food, are equally sharply drawn
Deeply impressive.... quietly devastating tale of world affairs played out on an intimate scale
Connolly is a terrifically subtle writer... [she] slyly sweeps her readers into the period drama as tensions tauten between families and social classes
Chilling
Extraordinary, gripping... Exquisitely written with lyricism and a stiletto-sharp and humorous pen, Connolly takes on a subject which resonates powerfully with current politics
Beautifully written... Connolly's perfect control of tone and detail makes this very compelling. Excellent
Connolly's research is immaculate... well-imagined
In pared yet atmospheric prose, Connolly skilfully evokes the scents of an English summer and hedonistic parties
Connolly has an ear for how people really speak. It's the gift of a proper writer
Cressida Connolly's flawless new novelAfter the Party,for all its darkness, seems suffused with the "soft, buttery" light of an English summer afternoon. But in June of 1938, infernal shadows lengthen. Ms. Connolly is a master, revealing character while sustaining an effect of lightness and ease. We follow Phyllis through an indolent prewar season beautifully conjured, often in heady, sensual detail. Ms. Connolly is too astute and compassionate a novelist to provide neat conclusions. The novel leaves us with the mysterious sense of having inhabited a time and a life whose emotional gravity holds us still.