{"product_id":"9781787336797","title":"Alone with a Book : On Reading, Writing and Looking","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Hadley, Tessa \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 05\/11\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 288 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781787336797,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA glorious celebration of reading deeply and seeing our world and ourselves reflected back to us in artIn 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 the most widely loved names in contemporary fiction. 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","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57383897366901,"sku":"9781787336797","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781787336797.jpg?v=1784912760","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781787336797","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}