Book by Rhys Jean
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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. Jean Rhys's first novel is both poignant anddisturbingly intimate in its vivid depiction of a woman on her own.
Jean Rhys was born in Dominica in 1894. Coming to England aged 16, she drifted into various jobs before starting to write in Paris in the late 1920's. QUARTET was first published as 'Postures' in 1928. Her novels, often portraying women as underdogsout to exploit their sexualities, were ahead of their time and only modestly successful. From 1939 she lived reclusively, and was largely forgotten when she made a sensational comeback with 'Wide Sargasso Sea' in 1966. She died in 1979.
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First US Edition. Remainder stamp on bottom edge. Otherwise a clean and straight, gently read copy. Price clipped dust jacket has some damp staining at head of spine. 186 pp. N° de réf. du vendeur JCOSrhysQuart
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Hard cover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First U.S. Edition. Upper jacket spine is stained, but legibility is not affected. Jacket is worn, especially along edges. Inside jacket spine is water stained. Spine is cocked. Edges of spine are bumped. Bottom edge has stamp from previous seller. Inside is unmarked. N° de réf. du vendeur 1145748
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. April 1971 Harper hardcover stated 1st US edition 1st printing with full number line. Spine a little tilted, edgewear and soil on dj, sunning and fraying on cover spine, light tanning, small stain on ffep, a little curling and peeling of laminate on front flap, else text clean, binding tight . N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1709918299160
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Vendeur : Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1971 Harper & Row hard cover - 1st US edition - 1st printing - minor wear to dust jacket (now in mylar cover) minor staining to closed page edge - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy. N° de réf. du vendeur K3-KYLW-R1JZ
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