
The Collected Short Stories
by Jean Rhys
Title:
The Collected Short Stories
Author:
Jean Rhys
Series (if any):
Penguin Modern Classics
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
400 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9780141984858
EAN:
9780141984858
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
414
Dimensions (mm):
197 x 130 x 23
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
New to Penguin Classics, the remarkable, devastating collected stories by the author of Wide Sargasso Sea.Some of Jean Rhys''s most powerful writing is to be found in this rich, dark collection of her collected stories. Her fictional world is haunted by her own, painful memories: of cheap hotels and drab Parisian cafés; of devastating love affairs; of her childhood in Dominica; of drifting through European cities, always on the periphery and always perilously close to the abyss. Rendered in extraordinarily vivid, honest prose, these stories show Rhys at the height of her literary powers and offer a fascinating counterpoint to her most famous novel, Wide Sargasso Sea. This volume includes all the stories from her three collections,The Left Bank (1927), Tigers Are Better-Looking (1968) and Sleep It Off, Lady (1976).




























