Sarah Hall, Author . Harper Perennial $13.95 (340p) ISBN 978-0-06-081724-4
Hall's mellifluous coming-of-age story about an apprentice tattoo artist from the north coast of England who reinvents himself in Coney Island, N.Y., is picaresque in its sweep and lovely in its lush description. This 2004 Booker Prize finalist,
READ FULL REVIEW
Sarah Hall, Author . Harper Perennial $13.95 (209p) ISBN 978-0-06-143036-7
Chronicling a journey of violence, oppression and fleeting liberation, this brutal third novel from the author of The Electric Michelangelo
is a timely feminist commentary on war, gender, politics and identity. Set in a dystopian near-future...
READ FULL REVIEW
Sarah Hall, Author . Harper Perennial $13.95 (267p) ISBN 978-0-06-081725-1
Mardale, the remote British hamlet where Hall's remarkable debut novel is set, is a close-knit community of tenant farmers "where grand events and theatrical schemes rarely take place." So when a handsome stranger arrives in 1936,...
READ FULL REVIEW
Sarah Hall, Author . Harper Perennial $14.99 (289p) ISBN 978-0-06-143045-9
Stunning visual descriptions link the stories of four artists in crisis in Hall's fourth novel (after Daughters of the North
), but marginal, cross-generational relationships are what ground the book. Giorgio is a well-known painter and hermit...
READ FULL REVIEW
Sarah Hall. Harper Perennial, $14.99 trade paper (208p) ISBN 978-0-06-220845-3
In seven scenic stories, characters reflect on the tumultuous moments of their lives while away from home. When capturing the self-reflective morass that people face when making tough decisions, Hall is at her best. In the title story, an author on...
READ FULL REVIEW
Sarah Hall. Harper, $25.99 (448p) ISBN 978-0-06-220847-7
Known for her eccentric and brooding characters sporting various creative talents (photographers, painters, tattoo artists), Man Booker–finalist Hall (The Electric Michelangelo) tackles the union of nature and British politics in her subdued and...
READ FULL REVIEW
Sarah Hall. Custom House, $23.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-06-265706-0
Hall’s second collection of short stories is a disquieting demonstration of the power of the form, in which “you may never get to the bottom of something. You might end up staring over a precipice,” as do a couple and their friend in “Wilderness”...
READ FULL REVIEW
Sarah Hall. Custom House, $27.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-06-265710-7
Hall (Sudden Traveller) delivers a powerful story of art and love set during a global pandemic. Edith Harkness, 59, is a famous and reclusive artist living in a massive industrial studio, Burntcoat, in an unnamed town in the North of England. She is
READ FULL REVIEW
