Inspiracją dla powieści Jean Rhys "Szerokie Morze Sargassowe" była postać obłąkanej pani Rochester z "Jane Eyre" Charlotte Bronte. "Szerokie Morze Sargassowe" to jednak więcej niż rekonstrukcja wydarz...
Zamiast almanachu prezentującego rozmaite tendencje współczesnej literatury światowej zaczęły ukazywać się monograficzne numery poświęcone jednemu pisarzowi (Bryce, Nabokov, Beckett, Cortazar, Brodsk...
Set in a superficially romantic, between-wars Paris, QUARTET is a poignant tale of a lonely woman. Set against a background of winter-wet streets, Pernod in smoky cafes and cheap hotel rooms with mauv...
New to Penguin Classics, the remarkable, devastating collected stories by the author of Wide Sargasso Sea. Some of Jean Rhys's most powerful writing is to be found in this rich, dark collection of her...
'I knew he was imagining a really lovely girl - all curves, curls, heart and hidden claws' In stories that span the course of a lifetime - from childhood in the Caribbean to adolescent modelling in Pa...
Set against the lush backdrop of 1830s Jamaica, Jean Rhys's powerful, haunting story was inspired by the first Mrs Rochester, in Charlotte Bronte's JANE EYRE. Born into an oppressive, colonialist soci...