{"product_id":"wide-sargasso-sea-by-jean-rhys-introduction-by-edwidge-danticat","title":"Wide Sargasso Sea \/ by Jean Rhys; introduction by Edwidge Danticat","description":"\u003cp\u003eNorton, 2016. Trade pb. VG. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWide Sargasso Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a masterpiece of modern fiction, was Jean Rhys’s return to the literary center stage. She had a startling early career and was known for her extraordinary prose and haunting women characters. With \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWide Sargasso Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, her last and best-selling novel, she ingeniously brings into light one of fiction’s most fascinating characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Brontë’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. This mesmerizing work introduces us to Antoinette Cosway, a sensual and protected young woman who is sold into marriage to the prideful Mr. Rochester. Rhys portrays Cosway amidst a society so driven by hatred, so skewed in its sexual relations, that it can literally drive a woman out of her mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA new introduction by the award-winning Edwidge Danticat, author most recently of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eClaire of the Sea Light\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, expresses the enduring importance of this work. Drawing on her own Caribbean background, she illuminates the setting’s impact on Rhys and her astonishing work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46681854673062,"sku":null,"price":8.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/widesargasso.webp?v=1758475263","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/wide-sargasso-sea-by-jean-rhys-introduction-by-edwidge-danticat","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}