Past, The

While "The Past" has no plot to speak of, even so I stayed up until 1 a.m. last night to finish it. I've rarely felt this invested in characters, or felt so tenderly toward fictional beings. Hadley moves freely from one character's interior thoughts and feelings to the next. We never learn the full......more

A extremely slow paced book but it just felt so magicalll 4.75......more

4 αδέρφια (3 γυναίκες και ένας άνδρας) συναντιουνται στο πατρικό τους σπίτι όπου έχουν αποφασίσει να μείνουν για 3 εβδομάδες και να αποφασίσουν εάν θα το πουλήσουν ή όχι. Μαζί τους ο καθένας φέρνει  παιδιά, θετα παιδιά, τρίτες συζύγους και φυσικά το παρελθόν του.. Αυτό το σπίτι λειτουργεί σαν πυρήνα......more

Earlier this year, the British writer Tessa Hadley described “The Past” as “more plotty” than her previous novels. “It has a stronger narrative curve,” she explained, “which drives us from the first pages to the last.” That’s both hilarious and entirely apt because, in one sense, “The Past” couldn’t......more