Mike's review
Good Morning, Midnight (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jean Rhys
Wow, its so nice to finally find a female author who I really like. I've waded through the Plaths, the Austins, the Rands (the worst of the lot), the Morrisons, etc etc etc, but none have ever really spoken to me much. Rhys' disconnection from those around her reaches across gender roles and places her squarely within Humanity.
Rhys' protaganist admits early on that she decided to start going by Sasha, but her real name is never truly revealed. What the reader does know about her is that she has recently attempted to drink herself to death before being given, quite humanely, an opportunity to visit Paris on her friend's dime for ten days. During this time she reviews her memories of the time spent there before as well as her previous marriage, while she blurs herself in alcohol and meets a few new straglers similarly roaming the streets.
The prose is a manner of toned down, bi-lingual stream of consciousness which jumps between times, places, reality and imagination, but mainta...more
Rhys' protaganist admits early on that she decided to start going by Sasha, but her real name is never truly revealed. What the reader does know about her is that she has recently attempted to drink herself to death before being given, quite humanely, an opportunity to visit Paris on her friend's dime for ten days. During this time she reviews her memories of the time spent there before as well as her previous marriage, while she blurs herself in alcohol and meets a few new straglers similarly roaming the streets.
The prose is a manner of toned down, bi-lingual stream of consciousness which jumps between times, places, reality and imagination, but mainta...more
