The Go-Between: L. P. Hartley (Macmillan Collector's Library, 153) - Hardcover

Hartley, L. P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1509843175 ISBN 13: 9781509843176

Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library, 2017

Synopsis

An invitation for young Leo to join a school friend at Brandham Hall – a world of privilege far removed from his own – for the scorchingly hot summer of 1900 appears innocuous, but Leo soon finds himself drawn into a dangerous, deceitful world of adult intrigue when asked to act as a go-between for two illicit lovers. The tragedy that ensues will reverberate for decades to come.

A haunting novel about the strange journey from childhood to adulthood, The Go-Between is a truly unforgettable classic.

This elegant Macmillan Collector’s Library edition of The Go-Between by L. P. Hartley features an afterword by editor and publisher Anna South.

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Review

"Exuding such a sense of summer the pages might be warm to touch, Hartley's coming-of-age tale is set during the heatwave of 1900. It all ends in tears, but not before there have been plenty of cucumber sandwiches on the lawn." --"The Observer
The first time I read it, it cleared a haunting little spot in my memory, sort of like an embassy to my own foreign country . I don't want to spoil the suspense of a well-made plot, because you must read this, but let's just say it goes really badly and the messenger (shockingly) gets blamed. Or he blames himself anyway. And here the mirror cracks; the boy who leaves Brandham is not the one who came. Indeed the narrator converses with his old self as though he were two people. That was the powerful gonging left by my first read: What, if anything, bundles us through time into a single person? Ann Brashares, All Things Considered, NPR
I can't stop recommending to anyone in earshot L.P. Hartley's "The Go-Between" . One of the fabled opening lines in modern literature: The past is a foreign country: They do things differently there. The NYRB paperback has a superb new introduction by Colm Toibin, but don't read it until after you've read the book itself. Frank Rich, "New York "Magazine.com
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"Exuding such a sense of summer the pages might be warm to touch, Hartley's coming-of-age tale is set during the heatwave of 1900. It all ends in tears, but not before there have been plenty of cucumber sandwiches on the lawn." --The Observer

"The first time I read it, it cleared a haunting little spot in my memory, sort of like an embassy to my own foreign country.... I don't want to spoil the suspense of a well-made plot, because you must read this, but let's just say it goes really badly and the messenger (shockingly) gets blamed. Or he blames himself anyway. And here the mirror cracks; the boy who leaves Brandham is not the one who came. Indeed the narrator converses with his old self as though he were two people. That was the powerful gonging left by my first read: What, if anything, bundles us through time into a single person?" - Ann Brashares, "All Things Considered," NPR

"I can't stop recommending to anyone in earshot L.P. Hartley's The Go-Between.... One of the fabled opening lines in modern literature: 'The past is a foreign country: They do things differently there.' The NYRB paperback has a superb new introduction by Colm Toibin, but don't read it until after you've read the book itself." - Frank Rich, New York Magazine.com

Book Description

L. P. Hartley’s enduring coming of age story about a forbidden love and its terrible consequences.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1509843175
• ISBN 13: 9781509843176
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 360