The Blue Hour: A Life of Jean Rhys

The Blue Hour: A Life of Jean Rhys

A groundbreaking biography of a psychologically traumatized novelist who forever changed the way we look at women in fiction.
Jean Rhys (1890â€“1979) is best known for her 1966 novel Wide Sargasso Sea. A prequel to Jane Eyre, Rhysâ€™s revolutionary work reimagined the story of Bertha Rochesterâ€•the misunderstood â€œmadwoman in the atticâ€ who was driven to insanity by cruelties beyond her control. The Blue Hour performs a similar exhumation of Rhysâ€™s life, which was haunted by demons from within and without. Its examination of Rhysâ€™s pain and loss charts her desperate journey from the jungles of Dominica to a British boarding school, and then into an adult life scarred by three failed marriages, the deaths of her two children, and her long battle with alcoholism.A mesmerizing evocation of a fragile and brilliant mind, The Blue Hour explores the crucial element that ultimately spared Rhys from the fate of her most famous protagonist: a genius that rescued her, again and again, from the abyss.20 photos
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2009-05-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393058031

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