Bonjour Minuit
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9782207252383 (2207252388)
Publish date: June 1st 2001
Publisher: Denoël
Pages no: 223
Edition language: French
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Feminism,
France,
Female Authors
When I picked this slim novel by Jean Rhys, I thought that it would take me to England because she is an English writer, but as it turned out already on the first page I was completely mistaken! Good Morning, Midnight is the sad (according to many: depressing, even repulsive) story of an Englishwo...
So far I've read only one of Rhys interwar period novels - [b:Quartet|1270148|Quartet|Jean Rhys|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-a91bf249278a81aabab721ef782c4a74.png|2070952] - and have already had an idea what the world of cheap hotels, or even cheap hotels which pose as reputable ...
IntroductionPublisher's Note in the 1967 André Deutsch edition--Good Morning, Midnight
Rating: A grudging full 1* of fiveI am not a woman. I think one needs to be a woman to appreciate Jean Rhys. I think one needs to be a Lifetime/WE/Oxygen viewer to appreciate Jean Rhys.Sophia is a fallen woman returning to the scene of the crimes she committed in her youth. Paris being the venue. Th...
9 years ago
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