A Closed Eye

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Naive and undemanding, Harriet Lytton expects very little of life and that is what she receives. Married to a respectable man old enough to be her father, Harriet's only taste of passión comes when she meets Jack Peckham, the unruly, attractive husband of her friend Tessa. Tessa and Harriet have for many years been bound together by their childhood friendship and the imposed alliance of their two daughters, Imogen and Lizzie. But events conspire to shatter the gentle rhythm of Harriet's life. Tragically restrained by her own cautious choices, she faces the cruellest losses of all: those of hope and desire. 'The portrait of Harriet's sad, kind marriage is superb; and Harriet herself is the best Brookner heroine since Edith of Hotel du Lac ... Brookner's ideas are complex, but her language simple. It flows beautifully, it carries you effortlessly, and it shows you clearly the hard stones below' - Carole Angier in the New Statesman & Society 'Loneliness can hardly have been better... Tovább

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Naive and undemanding, Harriet Lytton expects very little of life and that is what she receives. Married to a respectable man old enough to be her father, Harriet's only taste of passión comes when she meets Jack Peckham, the unruly, attractive husband of her friend Tessa. Tessa and Harriet have for many years been bound together by their childhood friendship and the imposed alliance of their two daughters, Imogen and Lizzie. But events conspire to shatter the gentle rhythm of Harriet's life. Tragically restrained by her own cautious choices, she faces the cruellest losses of all: those of hope and desire. 'The portrait of Harriet's sad, kind marriage is superb; and Harriet herself is the best Brookner heroine since Edith of Hotel du Lac ... Brookner's ideas are complex, but her language simple. It flows beautifully, it carries you effortlessly, and it shows you clearly the hard stones below' - Carole Angier in the New Statesman & Society 'Loneliness can hardly have been better portrayed ... This is Anita Brookner at her most sombre: yet not gloomy or depressing - the writing is too good, and a work of art is always in somé sense exhilarating' - Isabel Quigly in the Financial Times 'Anita Brookner's éleventh növel is one of her best ... She is a great writer. And her final pages, which unfold into a surprising, radiant kindness, will move you to tears' - Maggie Gee in the Mail on Sunday Cover shows The Blue fíoom by F. C. B. Cadell, in a priváté collection, courtesy of the Portland Gallery Vissza