Thanks for this post, Richard. It is remarkable that Rhys's exceedingly difficult life was fodder for her steely determination to WRITE, which she did so brilliantly. I'm rereading Wide Sargasso Sea, an utterly gripping book. Thank you too for the pithy excerpt from Good Morning, Midnight, which I look forward to rereading (I read her books so long ago). Have you read the piece about Jean Rhys in the recent New Yorker?
Thank you for this inspiration, Richard. Just what I needed.
I'm glad, Ellie.
Thanks for this post, Richard. It is remarkable that Rhys's exceedingly difficult life was fodder for her steely determination to WRITE, which she did so brilliantly. I'm rereading Wide Sargasso Sea, an utterly gripping book. Thank you too for the pithy excerpt from Good Morning, Midnight, which I look forward to rereading (I read her books so long ago). Have you read the piece about Jean Rhys in the recent New Yorker?
I'm glad you liked this. I read part of the post. I wrote this before that piece. She's a highly underrated writer. Yes, she kept writing!