It’s early morning and there’s a whole new day ahead. How will
it unfold? The baby will feed, hopefully she’ll sleep; Helen
looks out of the window. The Long Form is the story of two people
composing a day together. It is a day of movements and
improvisations, common and uncommon rhythms, stopping and starting
again. As the morning progresses, a book – The History of Tom
Jones by Henry Fielding – gets delivered, and the scope of the
day widens further. Matters of care-work share ground with matters
of friendship, housing, translation, aesthetics and creativity.
Small incidents of the day revive some of the oldest preoccupations
of the novel: the force of social circumstance, the power of names,
the meaning of duration and the work of love. With lightness and
precision, Kate Briggs renews Henry Fielding’s proposition for
what a novel can be, combining fiction and essay to write an
extraordinary domestic novel of far-reaching ideas.
General
Imprint: |
Fitzcarraldo Editions
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
April 2023 |
First published: |
2022 |
Authors: |
Kate Briggs
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 127 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
480 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-80427-032-5 |
Categories: |
Books
Promotions
|
LSN: |
1-80427-032-6 |
Barcode: |
9781804270325 |
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