Bad dreams and other stories / Tessa Hadley.
The award-winning author of The Past once again "crystallizes the atmosphere of ordinary life in prose somehow miraculous and natural" (Washington Post), in a collection of stories that elevate the mundane into the exceptional. The author of six critically acclaimed novels, Tessa Hadley has proven herself to be the champion of revealing the hidden depths in the deceptively simple. In these short stories it's the ordinary things that turn out to be most extraordinary: the history of a length of fabric or a forgotten jacket. Two sisters quarrel over an inheritance and a new baby; a child awake in the night explores the familiar rooms of her home, made strange by the darkness; a housekeeper caring for a helpless old man uncovers secrets from his past. The first steps into a turning point and a new life are made so easily and carelessly: each of these stories illuminate crucial moments of transition, often imperceptible to the protagonists. A girl accepts a lift in a car with some older boys; a young woman reads the diaries she discovers while housesitting. Small acts have large consequences, some that can reverberate across decades; private fantasies can affect other people, for better and worse. The real things that happen to people, the accidents that befall them, are every bit as mysterious as their longings and their dreams. Bad Dreams and Other Stories demonstrates yet again that Tessa Hadley "puts on paper a consciousness so visceral, so fully realized, it heightens and expands your own. She is a true master" (Lily King, author of Euphoria).
Record details
- ISBN: 0062476661
- ISBN: 9780062476661
- Physical Description: viii, 224 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First United States edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Originally published in Great Britain in 2017 by Jonathan Cape."--title page verso.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- An abduction -- Stain -- Deeds not words -- One Saturday morning -- Experience -- Bad dreams -- Flight -- Under the sign of the moon -- Her share of sorrow -- Silk brocade.
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- Subject:
- England > Social life and customs > Fiction.
- Genre:
- Short stories.
Available copies
- 7 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC HADLEY (Text) | 36015000286167 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | FIC HADLEY (Text) | 36015001113550 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
