Like howards end, trespass proves that the vagaries of real estate can make for dramatic fiction. Margaret atwood kate atkinson ian mc ewan kazuo ishiguro carlos ruiz zafon thomas hardy daphne du maurier sebastian faulks george eliot patrick suskind. Rose tremain was 45 years old and had already written five novels when, in 1989, she published restoration. My six best books rose tremain, 72, is the awardwinning novelist whose books include the road home, restoration and. Rose tremains novels have won many prizes including. Multiprizewinning novelist rose tremain is a great example of how a highly literary writer can become a popular one. If you like merival and restoration by tremain you may like some of jude morgans books i especially liked a taste of sorrow about the brontes and passion about the shelleys. Rose tremain was born in london in 1943 and was educated at the sorbonne and the university of east anglia. Douglas kennedy lesley lokko richard wagner michel bussi louise nevelson dorothy koomson louise bourgeois deborah smith henri vernes laurie graham meg henderson damon galgut nikki gemmell susannah gregory philippe claudel tsugumi ohba pam jenoff emily barr rosie thomas nadine gordimer tim parks barthes ronald beryl bainbridge rachel joyce f g. Rose tremain manages to fit more wisdom, more unforgettable scenes, more illuminating recollections, into this 194page memoir than other writers do in memoirs three times the length. Rose tremain is a new author for me, but ive been meaning to try one of her books for a long time.
Rose tremain was on grantas first best of young british novelists list in 1983. Tv interviews, podcasts and the like is just doortodoor selling. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Rose tremain famously eschews autobiographical material in her fiction, so this account of her childhood feels so fresh it stings she brings her formidable talent for characterisation to bear on the vanished, culpable cast of her childhood claire lowdon, sunday times, books of the year rose tremain manages to fit more wisdom, more unforgettable scenes, more. A successful book written by author rose tremain is entitled the color. Rose tremain books list of books by author rose tremain. Her publications include novels and shortstory collections. Rose tremain, cbe frsl is an author whose work has been published in thirty countries. In the gustav sonata she achieves it with an undemanding first section, which blossoms into something more complex as the novel progresses part one, which corresponds to the exposition in sonata form is set in a minor town in postwar switzerland where we meet. So, please help us if the information about this author is out of date or inaccurate, and you know of a more complete source, please let us. Mar 31, 2017 author of restoration, the colour, letter to sister benedicta, sadlers birthday, the colonels daughter and other stories, the swimming pool season, the road home, the cupboard. Tolkien, charles dickens, william makepeace thackeray.
Rose tremain was born rosemary jane thomson on 2 august 1943 in london. Mar 31, 2018 i must have looked like a weird albino monkey. Although she is the least autobiographical of authors. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the road home. Dame rose tremain dbe frsl born 2 august 1943 is an english novelist, short story writer, and former chancellor of the university of east anglia. Reading rose tremains stories is like sipping a campari and soda in the bar of an elegant hotel that manages to be up to the minute without. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. All rose tremain famous quotes and sayings you will always find on 3 found. A critically acclaimed british author and playwright, bestknown for her expertly rendered historical fiction, rose tremain was born in london and trained at the. Rose tremains website this bio was last updated on 07302017. See all books authored by rose tremain, including the gustav sonata, and the road home, and more on. Twenty questions with rose tremain twenty questions tls. If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support.
Sep 04, 2012 rose tremain was 45 years old and had already written five novels when, in 1989, she published restoration. We try to keep bookbrowses biographies both up to date and accurate, but with many thousands of lives to keep track of its a tough task. Part mystery, part romance, part adolescent fantasy, the latest from tremain sacred country, 1993, etc. The american lover, by rose tremain the new york times. I like both the authors you mentioned and loved these books so much. Readalikes for rose tremain if you like rose tremain. If i like rose tremain and tracy chevalier 20 posts add message report. Like marymartin in sacred country, tremain changed her name from. A critically acclaimed british author and playwright, bestknown for her expertly rendered historical fiction, rose tremain was born in london and trained at the sorbonne and the university of east anglia, where she later taught creative writing. The gustav sonata, by rose tremain anz litlovers litblog. Rose tremain s novels have won many prizes including.
Restoration, the first of her novels to feature robert merivel, was shortlisted for the booker prize. Her books are at once sophisticated in their narrative strategies and entertaining pageturners. Follow authors all authors trending authors best authors author lists filter by genre. Handpicked recommendations to authors who have a similar writing style to rose tremain. Ten rules for writing fiction part two by rose tremain, february 19, 2010. A really interesting story on the surface about events during two years surrounding the breakdown of the marriages of king christian, and associated subplots which are really the main plots. Rose tremain is an awardwinning and bestselling english novelist and short story writer. Rose tremain is one of those rare writers who can write literary fiction and yet be a bestseller.
Quotations by rose tremain, english novelist, born august 2, 1943. Like the others of rose tremain s novels i have read, it was a little slow to get going, but once it did, i was pretty well hooked. Her paternal greatgrandfather is william thomson, who was archbishop of york from 1862 to 1890. She was educated at the sorbonne and is a graduate of the university of east anglia, where she taught creative writing from 198895. If i like rose tremain and tracy chevalier mumsnet. Tremain grabs her readers by their ankles and dangles them over the abyss. Quite how the hero is able to smoke so many cigarettes and drink so much vodka, all at british prices, while sending money home to poland remains a mystery. Rose tremain s website this bio was last updated on 07302017. It was released in 2004 by the vintage publication. A man of his time, for my walter scott prize project gave me the motivation to pick it up and start reading.
Although she is the least autobiographical of authors, tremain. Rose tremain rose tremain grew up in postwar london, a city of grey austerity, still partly in ruins, where both food and affection were fiercely rationed. Oct 05, 2016 rose tremain is a new author for me, but ive been meaning to try one of her books for a long time. I found it to be an intriguing and generally plausible story, with plenty of food for thought and discussion. Restoration is a novel which cant be ignored as it is simply alive with sounds, emotions, and colors immediately jumping f.
If you want a truly innovative and radical perspective on reshaping the. If you like sebastian barry you might like similar authors claire kilroy, niall williams, rose tremain, andrew ohagan, brian moore. Rose tremain s bestselling novels have won many awards, including the baileys womens prize, the whitbread novel of the year, the james tait black memorial prize, and the prix femina etranger. Rose tremains novels and short stories have been published in thirty countries and have won several awards, including the orange prize the road home. Buy restoration by tremain, rose, tremain, rose from amazons fiction books. Regardless, rose tremain gives this historical period doublemeaning in her novel, restoration. Highly regarded in great britain, the writer rose tremain has yet to. Books by rose tremain writers similar to rose tremain. Elizabeth gilbert the signature of everything and jane harriss the observations and gillespie and me might also fit the bill.
Rose tremain famously eschews autobiographical material in her fiction, so this account of her childhood feels so fresh it stings she brings her formidable talent for characterisation to bear on the vanished, culpable cast of her childhood claire lowdon sunday times, books of the year rose tremain manages to fit more wisdom, more unforgettable scenes, more. She has won the orange prize, the james tait black memorial prize, the whitbread novel of the year award and the prix femina etranger in france. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The most enjoyable novel was rose tremains merivel.
Like mary martin in sacred country, tremain changed her name from. The booker prize excludes writers from the united states but is not labelled. Find authors like rose tremain from the worlds largest community of readers. Readalikes for rose tremain if you like rose tremain try these authors. Books by rose tremain authors like rose tremain what. The main characters depicted in this book include joseph blackstone, harriet blackstone, lilian blackstone, toby orchard, dorothy orchard, edwin orchard, etc. The closer two writers are, the more likely someone will like both of them. Rose tremains style is highly readable,sometimes spoilt by unnecessarily explicit sex and repetitive bad language perhaps insisted upon by the publishers, against her will and better taste. Rose tremain barbara trapido patrick gale william trevor h.
Rose tremain, british novelist whose books often dramatize a moment of truth in the lives of lonely outsiders. If you like rose tremain you might like similar authors georgina harding, salley vickers, esther freud, patrick gale, andrew miller. Mar 01, 2015 reading rose tremains stories is like sipping a campari and soda in the bar of an elegant hotel that manages to be up to the minute without being a slave to fashion. Like an intense, beautiful, and deeply moving piece of music, tremains captivating historical novel hits all the right notes. Tremain has set the story in new zealand and england. The girl known then as rosie and her sister jo spent. In 1983, she was named one of grantas best of young british novelists. Her first book was a history of the womens suffrage movement entitled freedom for women published in 1971. Her 1989 novel restoration seemed like my sort of book and knowing that i need to read the sequel, merivel.
She has written several mindblowing standalone novels in her career based on the magical realism, historical fiction, mystery, crime, suspense, cultural, and literary fiction genres. Sep 27, 2016 like an intense, beautiful, and deeply moving piece of music, tremains captivating historical novel hits all the right notes. Rose tremain is currently considered a single author. A book as nourishing, but concise as this makes you wonder why other writers have to be so longwinded. Bates margaret forster peter carey susan hill kate atkinson sylvia townsend warner janette turner hospital elinor lipman sarah dunant doris lessing elizabeth taylor barry unsworth fowles beverley nichols paul campos tiffany murray david greig ruth hamilton john odonohue esther freud. Young lewis littles frostily beautiful mother alice, a translator, has been summoned to paris for the summer to live with popular romance writer. If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through. Rose tremains bestselling novels have won many awards, including the baileys womens prize, the whitbread novel of the year, the james tait black memorial prize, and the prix femina etranger.