Quartet
$31.39
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
30 May 2019
Summary
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 mauve-flowered wallpaper, Marya tries to make something substantial of her life in order to withstand the unreality of her surroundings. Alone, her Polish husband in prison, she is taken up by an English couple who slowly overwhelm her with their passions.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141183923 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141183926 |
| Author: | Jean Rhys |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 30 May 2019 |
| Weight: | 134g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 12mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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[Quartet] belongs to the new tradition in prose, which shuns elaboration for sharpness and intensity of effect
[Quartet] belongs to the new tradition in prose, which shuns elaboration for sharpness and intensity of effect * The New York Times *
About The Author
Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys was born in Dominica in 1894. After arriving in England aged sixteen, she became a chorus girl and drifted between different jobs before moving to Paris, where she started to write in the late 1920s. She published a story collection and four novels, after which she disappeared from view and lived reclusively for many years. In 1966 she made a sensational comeback with her masterpiece, Wide Sargasso Sea, written in difficult circumstances over a long period. Rhys died in 1979.
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