- Paperback: 216 pages
- Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing (24 Mar 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1899235825
- ISBN-13: 978-1899235827
- Product Dimensions: 26 x 33.4 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 205,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Hannah returns to her career as a photographer after her early marriage fails due to her husband's infidelity. She moves from the country to London convinced that if she can find her Jewish roots that she can make some sense of her life, but can she?
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From the Winner of the 1999 London Writers' Award.
John Berger has described the novel as ‘highly evocative’ giving ‘the rare quality, not of a text, but of a place. It surrounds its readers and waits until they see in the dark to make their own discoveries.’
John Berger has described the novel as ‘highly evocative’ giving ‘the rare quality, not of a text, but of a place. It surrounds its readers and waits until they see in the dark to make their own discoveries.’
Lyrical, highly visual and beautifully observed – John Burnside
A writer of genuine talent – Elaine Feinstein
Beautifully written – Martyn Goff
Writer, poet and art critic, Sue Hubbard is a feature writer for Contemporary Visual Arts and has written for the New Statesman and Time Out. Her debut poetry collection Everything Begins with the Skin was published by Enitharmon to great critical acclaim. She has won several awards and her work has been published in The Observer and The Independent as well as in several anthologies. She was the first Public Art Poet at the Poetry Society and her poem Eurydice, commissioned by the Arts Council and the BFI for The South Bank, is London’s largest public art poem.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Engaging novel about becoming an artist,
This review is from: Depth of Field (Paperback)
A superb debut novel by award winning poet Sue Hubbard, which was a sensual delight to read. In "Depth of Field", the reader is introduced into a richly visual world, seen from the perspective of Hannah, the narrator, a young woman finding her way through a difficult balancing act between family, her own emotional life, and becoming, and being understood as an artist. This contemporary, yet eternal dilemma, unfolds through a compelling tale, set between London's East end and the English countryside. The imagery of growing up in the early 1960's home counties is picture perfect - infused with an atmosphere that had me gasping at its accuracy. This flows effortlessly into the unexpected sweetness of managing the harsh reality of Hackney in the early Noughties, before Zadie Smith made Brick Lane into the Notting Hill of today. In an elegant and spare prose, Hubbard tells a compelling tale. The tension is maintained throughout without a superfluous word or phrase. Through writing infused with poetic sensibility, she maintains a sparseness and elegance that drives the story forward. The reader cannot put the book down. I would highly recommend therefore that you read this book and send your best friends a copy. I look forward to more from this wonderful writer.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
An extraordinarly beautiful and truthful piece of writing,
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This review is from: Depth of Field (Paperback)
In any circumstances this would be an exceptional novel but as a first novel it is extraordinary.The first person narration reveals the experiences of Hannah who comes to London from the country with her two young children following a failed marriage. Here she comes face to face with the reality of single struggle. And it is in the course of this journey and its private searchings that she comes to terms with her submerged identity - something that more and more of us are experiencing due to the vagaries of modern life.The writing throughout has the sharp tang of autobiography about it which makes it both novel and document. And it is all the more absorbing for that. Sue Hubbard has a painter's eye for detail and a poet's control of language whether it is the East End of London or the Isle of Skyros. Everywhere we are made aware of the richness, variety and underlying beauty of things as we experience the relentless business of living. It is a generous and forgiving work unspoilt by bitterness or carping. If you have a very good friend buy him or her a copy of this book. If you are lucky enough to have two such friends buy two.
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