{"product_id":"jean-rhys-1","title":"Jean Rhys","description":"\u003cp\u003e'An acute literary intelligence ... the reader comes to trust instinctively Angier's assessments.' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean Rhys (1890-1979) had a long life of great difficulty. So inept was she in its management that her authority as the writer of five beautifully shaped and controlled novels appears mysterious: how could someone so bad at living be so good at writing about it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarole Angier answers this question. Jean Rhys never denied that she used her own \u003cbr\u003eexperience in her writings, but no one hitherto has understood so well the nature of, and \u003cbr\u003ereasons for, this use.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn her way to understanding, Carole Angier discovered more about the life than \u003cbr\u003eseemed possible. Jean Rhys's childhood, her momentous first love affair, her three marriages, the disasters which befell her husbands, her drinking and its consequences: all are shown with unsparing clarity. Equally clearly, and more importantly, we see the dynamics of her personality as it underwent, and sometimes provoked, these experiences. Sometimes what is revealed is shocking; but Carole Angier's sympathy and compassion dispel dismay, and her brilliant demonstrations of how art was made of events and emotions restores admiration on foundations which are stronger than ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean Rhys did not want anyone to write about her, but this first full biography put beyond question her standing as a great writer of our time, written with an intensity and clarity which mirrors her own. It is a work of exceptional intimacy, sensitivity and power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Remarkable, the definitive biography. It is deeply researched, subtle, sympathetic.'\u003cbr\u003eClaire Tomalin \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'Mesmerising.' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54240666485080,"sku":"9780571276417","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571276417.jpg?v=1777618829","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/jean-rhys-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}