Absolutely and Forever

Rose Tremain

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Chatto & Windus
26 September 2023

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

How do you find the courage to make your own life? An electrifying novel about first love set in 1960s London and Paris from multiple bestseller, Rose Tremain

'I can't think of any novel that has described the anguish, comedy and intensity of first love as well as Absolutely & Forever ... this may be her masterpiece' Amanda Craig

A piercing short novel of thwarted love and true friendship from one of our greatest living writers

How do you find the courage to make your own life?

Marianne Clifford, teenage daughter of a peppery army colonel and his vain wife, falls helplessly and absolutely for eighteen-year-old Simon Hurst, whose cleverness and physical beauty suggest that he will go forward into a successful and monied future, helped on by doting parents. But fate intervenes. Simon's plans are blown off course, he leaves for Paris and Marianne is forced to bury her dreams of a future together.

It is Marianne who tells this piercing story of first love, characterising herself as ignorant and unworthy, whilst her smart, ironic narration tellingly reveals so much more. Finding her way in 1960s Chelsea, and supported by her courageous Scottish friend, Petronella, she continues to seek the life she never stops craving. And in Paris, beneath his blithe exterior, Simon Hurst continues to nurse the secret which will alter everything.

'There are few writers out there with the dexterity or emotional intelligence to rival that of the great Rose Tremain' John Boyne

'One of my favourite writers' Nina Stibbe

'Tremain is one of the best novelists writing today' Sara Collins

'Pulsatingly alive. . . no one can break your heart quite like this' Neel Mukherjee

'Rose Tremain's fiction is my gold-standard' Charlotte Mendelson

By: Rose Tremain
Imprint: Chatto & Windus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 144mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 316g
ISBN: 9781784745202
ISBN 10: 1784745200
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 26 September 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rose Tremain's novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won many awards, including the Orange Prize (The Road Home), the Dylan Thomas Award (The Colonel's Daughter and Other Stories), the Whitbread Novel of the Year (Music & Silence) the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Prix Femina in France (Sacred Country) and the South Bank Sky Arts Award (The Gustav Sonata). Her most recent novel is Lily, a Richard and Judy Book Club selection. Rose Tremain was made a CBE in 2007 and a Dame in 2020. She lives in Norfolk and London with the biographer, Richard Holmes.

Reviews for Absolutely and Forever

PRAISE FOR ABSOLUTELY AND FOREVER: 'Stunningly beautiful and deeply moving' * Simon Schama * 'There are only a handful of writers whose novels I read on publication day. Rose Tremain is one of them.' * John Boyne * PRAISE FOR ROSE TREMAIN: One of my favourite writers * Nina Stibbe * Tremain is one of the best novelists writing today * Sara Collins * Pulsatingly alive. . . no one can break your heart quite like this * Neel Mukherjee *