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Tessa Hadley - The Past

4 Extra Debut. British author Tessa Hadley talks to Harriett Gilbert about her award-winning novel. Recorded in Oxford. From 2019.

Highly acclaimed British author Tessa Hadley talks to Harriett Gilbert about her award-winning novel - The Past.

Recorded at the FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival in the elegant surroundings of The Mathematical Institute, part of the university.

Tessa skilfully evokes a brewing storm of lust and envy, the indelible connections of memory and affection, the fierce, nostalgic beauty of the natural world, and the shifting currents of history running beneath the surface of these seemingly steady lives.

Over three long, hot summer weeks, four siblings and their children assemble at their country house for a family reunion, where simmering tensions and secrets come to a head.

First broadcast on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service in April 2019.

1 hour

Last on

Sun 4 Aug 2019 03:00

Broadcasts

  • Sat 3 Aug 2019 08:00
  • Sat 3 Aug 2019 15:00
  • Sun 4 Aug 2019 03:00