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A View of the Empire at Sunset

A Novel

A View of the Empire at Sunset( )
Author: Phillips, Caryl
ISBN:978-1-78470-901-3
Publication Date:Jul 2018
Publisher:Penguin Random House
Imprint:Arrow
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $22.99
Book Description:

Award-winning writer Caryl Phillips presents a beautiful, heart-breaking novel of the life of Jean Rhys, author of Wide Sargasso Sea. ' A remarkable novel... The story of a troubled young woman trying to make her way in England during the early years of the twentieth century' WILLIAM BOYD In the heart of London's Bloomsbury, Gwendolen - not yet truly famous as the writer 'Jean Rhys' - is presented with the...
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Book Details
Pages:336
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Biographical
Fiction / City Life
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):13.1 x 19.6 x 2.7 cm
Book Weight:0.276 Kilograms
Author Biography
Phillips, Caryl (Author)
Caryl Phillips, 1958 - Author Caryl Phillips was born in St. Kitts on March 13, 1958. He received a B.A. with honors from Oxford University and soon after began his writing career. He is now professor at Yale University and a visiting professor at Barnard College of Columbia University. Phillips has received many awards and fellowships and was appointed to the post of chief editor of the Faber and Faber Caribbean writers' series.

Phillips' writing explores the challenges of dealing with such divisions as race and heritage, and investigates how they were created in the first place. In "Cambridge," he presents his characters confused identities and frequently compares their personal histories and questions the process of how stories become known as history. He draws links between groups, like the Jews during the Holocaust or Victorian women, to make analogies for the West Indian situation.

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