It has been years and years since I’ve read Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea. It is haunting, strangely monstrous and beautiful all at once. In a word, unforgettable.
In an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education a few months ago, critic Carlin Romano reminds of why Rhys should be rediscovered over and over again.
Lilian Pizzichini’s biography shows clearly how Rhys’ unflinching study of life’s brutal realities parallels an equally turbulent and heartbreaking odyssey. Pizzichini will be here on Thursday to talk about her experience of writing The Blue Hour.
For more about The Blue Hour and Jean Rhys do have a peek at these:
Telegraph (review)
The Independent: Jean Rhys, Prostitution, Alcoholism, and the Mad Woman in the Attic