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After Leaving Mr Mackenzie
Jean Rhys
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Description for After Leaving Mr Mackenzie
Paperback. For six months, Julia has lived alone in a drab Parisian hotel on an allowance from her ex-lover, Mr Mackenzie. When his cheques stop, Julia decides to leave France and return to London. Past her prime, exhausted by broken love affairs and addled by drink, Julia is tragically unable to find what she really wants - love. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
A brilliant, yet brutal, portrait of a woman struggling to retrieve both life and love, from the author of Wide Sargasso Sea
For six months, Julia has lived alone in a drab Parisian hotel on an allowance from her ex-lover, Mr. Mackenzie. When his cheques stop, Julia decides to leave France and return to London. The tale of her ten day visit contains some of Jean Rhys's most sensitive, poignant writing. Past her prime, exhausted by broken love affairs and addled by drink, Julia is tragically unable to find what she really wants - love.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141183947
SKU
V9780141183947
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About 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 ... Read more
Reviews for After Leaving Mr Mackenzie
It is a book that does not invite comparisons. . . . Its excellence is individual, intrinsic; it measures itself against itself
Saturday Review of Literature
She had an ability to see what others could not, or refused to see, and the guts to write about it
Christine Pountney
Guardian
Saturday Review of Literature
She had an ability to see what others could not, or refused to see, and the guts to write about it
Christine Pountney
Guardian