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Good Morning, Midnight
Jean Rhys
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Description for Good Morning, Midnight
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
Jean Rhys's Good Morning Midnight is an unforgettable portrait of a woman bravely confronting loneliness and despair in her quest for self-determination
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. Jean Rhys was a talent before her time with an impressive ability to express the anguish of young women. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141183930
SKU
9780141183930
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Ref
99-1
About Jean Rhys
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Good Morning, Midnight
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
A L Kennedy No one who reads Good Morning, Midnight will ever forget it
The New York Times