{"product_id":"alone-with-a-book-by-tessa-hadley-9781787336797","title":"Alone with a Book","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlone with a Book\u003c\/i\u003e is a glorious celebration of reading deeply and seeing the world and ourselves reflected back to us in art, in the first non-fiction from Tessa Hadley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Tessa Hadley is a great writer, and if it's possible, an even better reader' – \u003cem\u003eZadie Smith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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 our most widely loved contemporary writers. 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\n\n\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 guide 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\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The writer we didn't know we were waiting for, until she arrived' – \u003cem\u003eAnne Enright\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Tessa Hadley's extraordinary skill is making both surface life and deep interiors come fully alive' – \u003cem\u003eColm Tóibín\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233106800876,"sku":"9781787336797","price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781787336797-alone-with-a-book-1.jpg?v=1787725666","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/alone-with-a-book-by-tessa-hadley-9781787336797","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}