Notes from an Exhibition
A thought-provoking and stunning classic novel of marriage, art and the secrets of family life
Published on 19. April 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-1-4722-5538-9 (ISBN)
Description
One of Patrick Gale's best-loved novels, NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION, set in Cornwall, is the exquisite story of artistic compulsion, marriage, and the secrets left behind
'Poised and pitch-perfect throughout' Mail on Sunday
'This book is complete perfection' Stephen Fry
Celebrated artist Rachel Kelly dies alone in her Penzance studio, after decades of struggling with the creative highs and devastating lows that have coloured her life.
Her family gathers, each of them searching for answers. They reflect on lives shaped by the enigmatic Rachel - as artist, wife and mother - and on the ambiguous legacies she leaves them, of talent, torment and transcendent love.
'An uplifting, immensely empathetic novel' Guardian
What readers love about NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION:
' A shifting, multi-layered, beautifully textured portrait of not-quite ordinary family life' ? ? ? ? ?
'The word that shimmers with me is empathy. Gale has such a sensitive understanding of how minds and hearts work and react on one another amid the chaos and sometimes intense joys of real living' ? ? ? ? ?
'I loved the exhibition-style notes at the beginning of each chapter, which heralded a hint of the chapter's contents. Beautifully woven back and forth in time to reveal the complexities of fascinating family members and their relationships' ? ? ? ? ?
'Poised and pitch-perfect throughout' Mail on Sunday
'This book is complete perfection' Stephen Fry
Celebrated artist Rachel Kelly dies alone in her Penzance studio, after decades of struggling with the creative highs and devastating lows that have coloured her life.
Her family gathers, each of them searching for answers. They reflect on lives shaped by the enigmatic Rachel - as artist, wife and mother - and on the ambiguous legacies she leaves them, of talent, torment and transcendent love.
'An uplifting, immensely empathetic novel' Guardian
What readers love about NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION:
' A shifting, multi-layered, beautifully textured portrait of not-quite ordinary family life' ? ? ? ? ?
'The word that shimmers with me is empathy. Gale has such a sensitive understanding of how minds and hearts work and react on one another amid the chaos and sometimes intense joys of real living' ? ? ? ? ?
'I loved the exhibition-style notes at the beginning of each chapter, which heralded a hint of the chapter's contents. Beautifully woven back and forth in time to reveal the complexities of fascinating family members and their relationships' ? ? ? ? ?
Reviews / Votes
This book is complete perfection This book is complete perfection Poised and pitch-perfect throughout * Mail on Sunday * Poised and pitch-perfect throughout * Mail on Sunday * Dense, thought-provoking, sensitive, satisfying, humorous, humane - a real treat * Daily Telegraph * Dense, thought-provoking, sensitive, satisfying, humorous, humane - a real treat * Daily Telegraph * As rich and inventive as we would expect from this brilliant author * Independent * As rich and inventive as we would expect from this brilliant author * Independent * An uplifting, immensely empathetic novel, and Gale's prose, as ever is as clear and bright as the Cornish light * Guardian * An uplifting, immensely empathetic novel, and Gale's prose, as ever is as clear and bright as the Cornish light * Guardian *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
297 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4722-5538-9 (9781472255389)
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Patrick Gale
Notes from an Exhibition
A thought-provoking and stunning classic novel of marriage, art and the secrets of family life
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01/2018
1st Edition
Tinder Press
€4.49
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Patrick Gale was born on the Isle of Wight. He spent his infancy at Wandsworth Prison, which his father governed, then grew up in Winchester before going to Oxford University. He now lives on a farm near Land's End. One of this country's best-loved novelists, his most recent works are A Perfectly Good Man, the Richard and Judy bestseller Notes From An Exhibition, the Costa-shortlisted A Place Called Winter and Mother's Boy. His original BBC television drama, Man In An Orange Shirt, was shown to great acclaim in 2017 as part of the BBC's Queer Britannia series, leading viewers around the world to discover his novels.