The Photograph
By Penelope Lively
(Penguin (Non-Classics), Paperback, 9780142004425, 240pp.)
Publication Date: June 2004
Categories: General
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Booker Prize-winning novelist Penelope Lively's latest masterpiece opens with a snapshot: Kath, before her death, at an unknown gathering, holding hands with a man who is not her husband. The photograph is in an envelope marked "DON'T OPEN-- DESTROY." But Kath's husband does not heed the warning, embarking on a journey of discovery that reveals a tight web of secrets--within marriages, between sisters, and at the heart of an affair. Kath, with her mesmerizing looks and casual ways, moves like a ghost through the memories of everyone who knew her-- and a portrait emerges of a woman whose life cannot be understood without plumbing the emotional depths of the people she touched.
Propelled by the author's signature mastery of narrative and psychology, The Photograph is Lively at her very best, the dazzling climax to all she has written before.
Penelope Lively is the author of more than twenty books of fiction and nonfiction, including A House Unlocked and the Booker prize-winner Moon Tiger.
One of Lively's most satisfying novels: cleverly conceived, artfully constructed and executed with high intelligence and sensitivity. (Los Angeles Times) An ingenious premise for a novel and Penelope Lively... spins it out with expert skill. (The Washington Post) Engrossing... engaging. (San Francisco Chronicle) Lively's [novel] maintains the high standard her fans have come to expect. It's another shining winner. (The Boston Globe) Original... bracingly intelligent. Rarely has a subject as elusive as life's messiness been pursued with such unflagging rigor. (The Atlantic Monthly)
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