{"product_id":"after-the-funeral-and-other-stories-9780593469842","title":"After the Funeral and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tessa Hadley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Vintage\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Vintage\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\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--Tessa Hadley is \"one of the greatest stylists alive\" (Ron Charles, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Best Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eTIME, The New Yorker, The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\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\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\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003elittle 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.\"","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45113017041047,"sku":"9780593469842","price":1284.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780593469842.webp?v=1768546057","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/after-the-funeral-and-other-stories-9780593469842","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}