'An acute literary intelligence ... the reader comes to trust
instinctively Angier's assessments.' New York Times Jean 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?
Carole Angier answers this question. Jean Rhys never denied that
she used her own experience in her writings, but no one hitherto
has understood so well the nature of, and reasons for, this use. On
her way to understanding, Carole Angier discovered more about the
life than seemed 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. Jean 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. 'Remarkable, the definitive
biography. It is deeply researched, subtle, sympathetic.' Claire
Tomalin Independent on Sunday 'Mesmerising.' Washington Post
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