The Long View
25 February 2016Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
With an introduction by Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall.
Originally published in 1956, The Long View is Elizabeth Jane Howard's uncannily authentic portrait of one marriage and one woman. Written with exhilarating wit, it is a gut-wrenching account of the birth and death of a relationship.
In 1950s London, Antonia Fleming faces the prospect of a life lived alone. Her children...
Details
25 February 2016480 pages
9781447272243Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Beautifully written and richly perceptiveDaily Telegraph
When I read The Long View . . . I realized I would never write anything of such subtlety and penetration: there was no point in even hoping to write a novel if this was the standard of excellenceAndrew Brown, Guardian
What a beautiful, subtle, endlessly insightful writer. What compassion, what mesmerising detail, what godlike lightness of touchChris Cleave, Guardian
Her talent seemed so effervescent, so unstoppable, that there was no predicting where it might take herHilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies
