{"product_id":"after-the-funeral-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"After the Funeral and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTessa Hadley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA masterful collection of stories that plumb the depths of everyday life to reveal the shifting tides and hidden undercurrents of ordinary relationships--\"a revelation for aficionados of the form, as vibrant and knowing as the best of Hadley's celebrated career.\" \u003ci\u003e--Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Hadley is pure magic and \u003ci\u003eAfter the Funeral \u003c\/i\u003eis a triumph.\"--Lily King, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling author of \u003ci\u003eWriters \u0026amp; Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEuphoria\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Hadley brings her eloquent prose and her psychological acuity to the relationships--between siblings, friends, lovers, parents, and children--that shape us and change us, that call into question our view of ourselves and our place in the world.\" \u003ci\u003e--The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn each of these twelve stories, small events have huge consequences\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs 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, \u003ci\u003eAfter the Funeral and Other Stories \u003c\/i\u003eshowcases what Colm Tóibín describes as \"Tessa Hadley's extraordinary skill at making both surface life and deep interiors come fully alive.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTESSA HADLEY is the author of three previous collections of stories and eight novels. She was awarded the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction, the Hawthornden Prize, and the Edge Hill Short Story Prize and has been a finalist for the Story Prize. She contributes regularly to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand reviews for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Cardiff, Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750055215392,"sku":"9780593469842","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2eff302aa7bdbece52a531b0f3888645.webp?v=1779941924","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/after-the-funeral-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}