Name: Good Morning, Midnight
Rating: 3.927631578947369 (38 reviews)
ISBN: 9780241261408

Jean Rhys

Saved, rescued, fished-up, half-drowned, out of the deep, dark river, dry clothes, hair shampooed and set... Set in a 1930s Paris of shabby hotel rooms, seedy bars and drunken encounters, Jean Rhys's semi-autobiographical portrayal of a young woman's sexual encounters is a searingly honest exploration of loneliness and yearning. Ten new titles in the colourful, small-format, portable new Pocket Penguins series

Good Morning, Midnight

The last of the four novels Jean Rhys wrote in interwar Paris, Good Morning, Midnight is the culmination of a searing literary arc, which established Rhys as an astute observer of human tragedy. Her everywoman heroine, Sasha, must confront the loves-- and losses-- of her past in this mesmerizing and formally daring psychological portrait.

jess

A grim and bitter book, but beautifully written. Short but intense novel that totally captures the feeling of hitting rock bottom.

Sasha has returned to Paris, the city of both her happiest and most desperate moments. Her past lies in wait for her in cafes and bars, blurring all distinctions between nightmare and reality. When she is picked up by a young man, she begins to feel that she is still capable of desires.

Marielle de Geest

Expert writing on the timeless phenomenon of getting dumped, drinking too much and dying your hair blonde.

Good Morning, Midnight

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