Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys
In 1930s Paris, where one cheap hotel room is very like another, a young woman is teaching herself indifference. She has escaped personal tragedy and has come to France to find courage and seek independence. She tells herself to expect nothing, especially not kindness, least of all from men. Tomorrow, she resolves, she will dye her hair blonde.
Her eloquence in the language of human sexual transactions is chilling, cynical, and surprisingly moving -- A L Kennedy
No one who reads Good Morning, Midnight will ever forget it * The New York Times *
No one who reads Good Morning, Midnight will ever forget it * The New York Times *
Jean Rhys was born in Dominica in 1894. After arriving in England aged sixteen, she became a chorus girl and drifted between different jobs before moving to Paris, where she started to write in the late 1920s. She published a story collection and four novels, after which she disappeared from view and lived reclusively for many years. In 1966 she made a sensational comeback with her masterpiece, Wide Sargasso Sea, written in difficult circumstances over a long period. Rhys died in 1979.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141183930 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141183934 |
| Title | Good Morning, Midnight |
| Author | Jean Rhys |
| Series | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2000-08-03 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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