Awardwinning writer Caryl Phillips presents a beautiful, heartbreaking novel of the life of Jean Rhys, author of Wide Sargasso Sea.[A] remarkable novel The story of a troubled young woman trying to make her way in England during the early years of the twentieth century WILLIAM BOYDIn the heart of Londons Bloomsbury, Gwendolen not yet truly famous as the writer Jean Rhys is presented with the opportunity she has been waiting for. Her husband has received an unexpected inheritance she can, at last, return to the island of her childhood. For Gwendolen, Dominica is a place of freedom and beauty, far away from the lonely nights and failed dreams of England. But this visit home compels her to reflect on the events of her past, and on what they may mean for her future.Phillips novel of being and becoming, of memory, and the mythology of writers and writing is a wonder. This is a gift of a book Niven Govinden, author of All the Days and NightsThis dark, glimmering beauty of a novel penetrates the English mist, illuminates the past and present and offers us the life of a great writer, in the heart and mind of this great writer, Caryl Phillips Amy Bloom, author of White Houses Subtle and piercing Phillips keeps on taking risks and telling powerful stories Times Literary Supplement

Binding: Paperback;336 pages; Publisher: Vintage Publishing; Classification: FA; Weight: 404 g; Dimensions: 131 x 197 x 22

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