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After the Party

Autor Cressida Connolly
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 sep 2018
'I always wanted to be friends with both my sisters. Perhaps that was the source, really, of all the troubles of my life...'

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

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.