Jean Rhys, pochádzajúca z Karibiku, sa v polovici 20. storočia preslávila svojimi románmi. Jej skoré diela z 20. a 30. rokov 20. storočia predznamenali jej neskorší úspech. Až po vydaní diela Široké more sargasské v roku 1966 sa stala významnou literárnou postavou, keď jej román, ktorý slúžil ako „prequel“ k románu Jane Eyrová od Charlotte Brontëovej, získal prestížne literárne ocenenie. Rhys sa vo svojej tvorbe často zaoberá témami patriarchálnej spoločnosti a pocitmi odcizenia, ktoré vychádzajú z jej vlastných skúseností s hľadaním identity a miesta vo svete.
So there's a good time coming for the ladies, is there?-a good time coming for the girls? About time too' Stories of women adrift in seedy bars and down-at-heel hotels, from a master of the short story form.
Contains such stories as: "La Grosse Fifi", "Vienne", "Tea with an Artist", and "Mixing Cocktails". They are all taken from a selection from The Left Bank in Penguin's edition of "Tigers Are Better Looking".
Mrs. Jansen, eine Frau mittleren Alters mit unbekannter Vergangenheit, lebt kurz in Paris. Ihr Leben ist geprägt von Alkoholabhängigkeit und dem Verlust ihres Sohnes. Der Roman thematisiert das innere und äußere Exil sowie das Gefühl der Wurzel- und Heimatlosigkeit, zentrale Motive in Jean Rhys' Werken.
'A wonderful bitter-sweet book, written with disarming simplicity' Esther Freud 'It was as if a curtain had fallen, hiding everything I had ever known,' says Anna Morgan, eighteen years old and catapulted to England from the West Indies after the death of her beloved father. Working as a chorus girl, Anna drifts into the demi-monde of Edwardian London. But there, dismayed by the unfamiliar cold and greyness, she is absolutely alone and unconsciously floating from innocence to harsh experience. Her childish dreams have been replaced by harsh reality. Voyage in the Dark was first published in 1934, but it could have been written today. It is the story of an unhappy love affair, a portrait of a hypocritical society, and an exploration of exile and breakdown; all written in Jean Rhys's hauntingly simple and beautiful style.
Julia Martin is at the end of her rope in Paris. Once beautiful, she was taken care of by men. Now after leaving her lover, she is running out of luck. A visit to London to see her ailing mother and distrustful sister bring her stark life into full focus.
