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Synopsis
The year is 1936 and Edward Mason and his family decide to take on a delapidated country estate called Mason's Retreat in Maryland, inherited from a distant aunt. They set out to transform it and their dwindling fortune, but tragedy lies in waiting.
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"""Powerful...A work of surpassing thematic seriousness and fictive artistry. In all respects, "Mason's Retreat" is exemplary."---"The Washington Post Book World" "Stately, absorbing...Mr. Tilghman writes [with] authoritative elegance....His book, so rooted in the idea of coming home, makes one realize all over again that here on Earth there is no such place."---Thomas Mallon, " The New York Times Book Review""Comes close to pure, exhilarating perfection...Tilghman gives us richly drawn characters, shimmering detail, and an irresistibly moving theme---all presented in a graceful and powerful style."---"San Francisco Chronicle ""Rich...bewitching...unforgettably rendered...The pieces in Tilghman's kaleidoscope [are] sharp, faceted, and gleaming."---Richard Eder, "Los Angeles Times""Beautifully written...fully imagined...Few first novels are narrated with the clarity, economy, and masterful assurance Tilghman brings to this remarkably moving and persuasive tale."---"Entertainment Weekly"
Powerful...A work of surpassing thematic seriousness and fictive artistry. In all respects, "Mason's Retreat" is exemplary. "The Washington Post Book World"
Stately, absorbing...Mr. Tilghman writes [with] authoritative elegance .His book, so rooted in the idea of coming home, makes one realize all over again that here on Earth there is no such place. "Thomas Mallon, The New York Times Book Review"
Comes close to pure, exhilarating perfection...Tilghman gives us richly drawn characters, shimmering detail, and an irresistibly moving theme---all presented in a graceful and powerful style. "San Francisco Chronicle"
Rich...bewitching...unforgettably rendered...The pieces in Tilghman's kaleidoscope [are] sharp, faceted, and gleaming. "Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times"
Beautifully written...fully imagined...Few first novels are narrated with the clarity, economy, and masterful assurance Tilghman brings to this remarkably moving and persuasive tale. "Entertainment Weekly""
"Powerful...A work of surpassing thematic seriousness and fictive artistry. In all respects, Mason's Retreat is exemplary." --The Washington Post Book World
"Stately, absorbing...Mr. Tilghman writes [with] authoritative elegance....His book, so rooted in the idea of coming home, makes one realize all over again that here on Earth there is no such place." --Thomas Mallon, The New York Times Book Review
"Comes close to pure, exhilarating perfection...Tilghman gives us richly drawn characters, shimmering detail, and an irresistibly moving theme---all presented in a graceful and powerful style." --San Francisco Chronicle
"Rich...bewitching...unforgettably rendered...The pieces in Tilghman's kaleidoscope [are] sharp, faceted, and gleaming." --Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times
"Beautifully written...fully imagined...Few first novels are narrated with the clarity, economy, and masterful assurance Tilghman brings to this remarkably moving and persuasive tale." --Entertainment Weekly
From the Back Cover
'Tilghman's elegantly sombre novel confirms his reputation as an American Chekhov'
-Esquire
'Brilliantly described...Tilghman writes about this family in collapse with a beautifully judged blend of candour and subtlety'
-Helen Dunmore, The Times
'A superb first novel. Echoes of The Great Gatsby, William Styron's Lie Down in Darkness, O'Neill and Faulkner add further resonance to a novel that stands as a stunning individual achievement'
-Kirkus
'The old and new worlds are intriguingly transposed... Tilghman writes elegantly in long, languid sentences which evoke the Maryland atmosphere in vivid elemental descriptions'
-Michael Arditti, Independent
'Tilghman's novel is distinguished by its strong sense of place and character, and there is a rare degree of warmth and wisdom in the telling'
-Andrew Biswell, Daily Telegraph
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0701165634
- ISBN 13 9780701165635
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages304
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