The Collected Short Stories (Norton Paperback Fiction)
by Jean Rhys
published
April 1992
(first published 1987)
by W. W. Norton & Company
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Paperback, 403 pages
isbn
0393306259
(isbn13: 9780393306255)
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Read in March, 2008
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Memoryrecommends it for: Corinne
Jean Rhys is a quiet force and I had forgotten all about her until I walked into the Oakland Public Library's Lake Merritt branch the other day and there she was. She had a long, not necessarily happy life; died in her eighties in the Left Bank. It's really fascinating to watch her prose evolve across this book--in some ways, it's like watching the structure of the short story become itself.
She is a gifted, gifted descriptor. Reading her sketches of cafes in Paris late at night is like se...more
She is a gifted, gifted descriptor. Reading her sketches of cafes in Paris late at night is like se...more
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I love her stuff. If you are a fan of short stories this is great to keep on the night stand for a quick read before bed. Always makes me feel like I have completed something maybe because it never happens in my every day life.
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