Imprint: Vintage
Published: 01/10/2015
ISBN: 9780099548447
Length: 240 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 15mm x 129mm
Weight: 195g
RRP: £9.99
A seductive collection of stories from the 'magnificent story-teller' (Independent on Sunday). Rose Tremain has sold over one million copies of her books.
Trapped in a London flat, Beth remembers a transgressive love affair in 1960s Paris. The most famous writer in Russia takes his last breath in a stationmaster’s cottage, miles from Moscow. A father, finally free of his daughter’s demands, embarks on a long swim from his Canadian lakeside retreat. And in the grandest house of all, Danni the Polish housekeeper catches the eye of an enigmatic visitor.
‘Superb, each story a perfectly cut jewel’ Irish Times
Imprint: Vintage
Published: 01/10/2015
ISBN: 9780099548447
Length: 240 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 15mm x 129mm
Weight: 195g
RRP: £9.99
Powerful, involving, wide-ranging collection
Tremain presents a large cast of ill-starred characters, each laid low by their heart… But even in the most melancholy stories, Tremain delivers slivers of hope or humour to temper the tragedies… This collection highlights with subtlety and grace just how human it is to get things wrong
Warm, moving, often humorous and sometimes heartbreaking
A seemingly effortless performance... the writing glides along, elegantly dropping details that suggest a whole way of life
The American Lover is…superb, each story a perfectly cut jewel
"With a keen ear for dialogue and restless changes of scene, she shows desire and disappointment to be universal, timeless emotions"
"Tremain's stories offer an elegant snapshot of other people's lives that leaves an emotional impact long after you close the book"
"Whatever Tremain's canvas, she has a knack of infecting the reader with her own absorption. The cumulative effect of The American Lover is thus deeply satisfying and unsettling"
"With her razor-sharp talent, Rose Tremain hooks you in by line one and never lets you go. In these sophisticated short stories she doesn’t allow a single sentence to slouch"
"Tremain’s a gifted storyteller with an enviable lightness of touch"