Talland House
Maggie Humm
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
1919 London: When artist Lily Briscoe meets her old tutor, Louis Grier, by chance at an exhibition, he tells her of their mutual friend Mrs. Ramsay's mysterious death-an encounter that spurs Lily to investigate the death of this woman whom she loved and admired, and realize that she still loves Louis.
Product Details
Price
$16.95
$15.76
Publisher
She Writes Press
Publish Date
August 18, 2020
Pages
352
Dimensions
5.2 X 8.3 X 0.9 inches | 1.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781631527296
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About the Author
Maggie Humm is an Emeritus Professor at University of East London in the UK. An international Woolf scholar, she is the author/editor of fourteen books, the last three of which focused on Woolf and the arts. Talland House was shortlisted for the Impress and Fresher Fiction prizes in 2017 (as Who Killed Mrs. Ramsay? ) and the Retreat West and Eyelands prizes in 2018. She lives in London and is currently writing Rodin's Mistress, a novel about the tumultuous love affair of the artists Gwen John and Rodin. Find her at www.maggiehumm.net.
Reviews
2024 International Impact Book Awards Winner in Women's Fiction
2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in Historical (Fiction - Post 1900s)
2021 Eric Hoffer First Horizon Awards Finalist
2021 Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize Short List
2021 Eric Hoffer Book Award Honorable Mention in Historical Fiction "Maggie Humm has brilliantly filled in the edges beyond Woolf's canvas; she has a deep, awe-inspiring understanding of the role of the visual in Woolf's work, and here she reveals that she also has a novelist's gift to create something new, that has its own imaginative life, from that understanding."
--Lauren Elkin, author of the award-winning Flaneuse "I've really enjoyed Talland House . . . the novel is written with such a painterly eye I felt as if I too was seeing the world through Lily Briscoe's eyes. It is a wonderfully visual novel and the Cornish scenes are gorgeously evoked."
--Annabel Abbs, author of the award-winning The Joyce Girl and Frieda "Evocative of Woolf's To the Lighthouse in the way [Humm] represents the tensions between nostalgia and the passing of time. The primary setting of St Ives in Cornwall is beautifully depicted and subtly realised, without resorting to cliché or relying on Woolf's vivid descriptions, creating a language of the writer's own. . . . The atmosphere of the novel is dreamy. . . ."
--Historical Writers Association "It's evocative and engaging--sweeping landscapes simmering next to psychological interior exploration. Picturesque Cornwall and busy London are the backdrop for a young woman growing up, and an older woman reflecting back. We're treated to details about the captivating Lily Briscoe and her relationship with herself, her art, and the women and men in her life. It's a great read, from a clearly very knowledgeable writer."
--Francesca Baker, marketer and founder of And So She Thinks
2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist in Historical (Fiction - Post 1900s)
2021 Eric Hoffer First Horizon Awards Finalist
2021 Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize Short List
2021 Eric Hoffer Book Award Honorable Mention in Historical Fiction "Maggie Humm has brilliantly filled in the edges beyond Woolf's canvas; she has a deep, awe-inspiring understanding of the role of the visual in Woolf's work, and here she reveals that she also has a novelist's gift to create something new, that has its own imaginative life, from that understanding."
--Lauren Elkin, author of the award-winning Flaneuse "I've really enjoyed Talland House . . . the novel is written with such a painterly eye I felt as if I too was seeing the world through Lily Briscoe's eyes. It is a wonderfully visual novel and the Cornish scenes are gorgeously evoked."
--Annabel Abbs, author of the award-winning The Joyce Girl and Frieda "Evocative of Woolf's To the Lighthouse in the way [Humm] represents the tensions between nostalgia and the passing of time. The primary setting of St Ives in Cornwall is beautifully depicted and subtly realised, without resorting to cliché or relying on Woolf's vivid descriptions, creating a language of the writer's own. . . . The atmosphere of the novel is dreamy. . . ."
--Historical Writers Association "It's evocative and engaging--sweeping landscapes simmering next to psychological interior exploration. Picturesque Cornwall and busy London are the backdrop for a young woman growing up, and an older woman reflecting back. We're treated to details about the captivating Lily Briscoe and her relationship with herself, her art, and the women and men in her life. It's a great read, from a clearly very knowledgeable writer."
--Francesca Baker, marketer and founder of And So She Thinks
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