Jean Rhys Letters, 1931-1966
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0233975675
ISBN 13
9780233975672
Category
Unknown
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Publication Year
1984
Publisher
Pages
336
Description
In her will, Jean Rhys expressed a wish that no biography of her should be written unless authorized during her lifetime. Following her death, her literary executor was approached frequently with requests for permission to write "an official life". Finally he decided that, by compiling a volume of letters, authentic biographical information would be provided. But as the collection grew, the biographical aspect took on a secondary importance as the self-portrait began to reveal the turbulent process of literary creation. The final result is a portrait spanning the years 1931 (taking up the story roughly where it was left in "Smile Please") to 1966, when the long struggle to finish "Wide Sargasso Sea" was over. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
