A View of the Empire At Sunset
by Phillips, Caryl
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very fine in very fine jacket now in archival mylar
- ISBN 10
- 0374283613
- ISBN 13
- 9780374283612
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Very fine in very fine jacket now in archival mylar. Small quarto. 324 pages; 22 cm. Contents: 1. Going home -- 2. Home -- 3. Aunt Clarice -- 4. Performance -- 5. Love -- 6. Continental drift -- 7. Mr. and Mrs. Smith -- 8. Two journeyes -- 9. All at sea -- 10. A now empty world.
"Caryl Phillips's A View of the Empire at Sunset is the sweeping story of the life of the woman who became known to the world as Jean Rhys. Born Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams in Dominica at the height of the British Empire, Rhys lived in the Caribbean for only sixteen years before going to England. A View of the Empire at Sunset is a look into her tempestuous and unsatisfactory life in Edwardian England, 1920s Paris, and then again in London. Her dream had always been to one day return home to Dominica. In 1936, a forty-five-year-old Rhys was finally able to make the journey back to the Caribbean. Six weeks later, she boarded a ship for England, filled with hostility for her home, never to return. Phillips's gripping new novel is equally a story about the beginning of the end of a system that had sustained Britain for two centuries but that wreaked havoc on the lives of all who lived in the shadow of the empire: both men and women, colonizer and colonized. A true literary feat, A View of the Empire at Sunset uncovers the mysteries of the past to illuminate the predicaments of the present, getting at the heart of alienation, exile, and family by offering a look into the life of one of the greatest storytellers of the twentieth century and retelling a profound story that is singularly its own"--Dust jacket flap
Romancières -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. FICTION -- Literary. FICTION -- Biographical. FICTION -- Historical -- General. Manners and customs. Colonies. Women novelists. Named Person: Rhys, Jean -- Fiction. Rhys, Jean. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. History. Biographical fiction. Fiction. Biographical fiction. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Time: 1900-1999 Geographic: Paris (France) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction. Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. Great Britain -- Caribbean Area -- Colonies -- Fiction. Dominica -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction. Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. Great Britain -- Colonies -- Fiction. Paris (France) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Londres (Angleterre) -- MÅurs et coutumes -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Dominique -- MÅurs et coutumes -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. England -- London. Dominica. Caribbean Area. France -- Paris. Great Britain. Class Descriptors:.
"Caryl Phillips's A View of the Empire at Sunset is the sweeping story of the life of the woman who became known to the world as Jean Rhys. Born Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams in Dominica at the height of the British Empire, Rhys lived in the Caribbean for only sixteen years before going to England. A View of the Empire at Sunset is a look into her tempestuous and unsatisfactory life in Edwardian England, 1920s Paris, and then again in London. Her dream had always been to one day return home to Dominica. In 1936, a forty-five-year-old Rhys was finally able to make the journey back to the Caribbean. Six weeks later, she boarded a ship for England, filled with hostility for her home, never to return. Phillips's gripping new novel is equally a story about the beginning of the end of a system that had sustained Britain for two centuries but that wreaked havoc on the lives of all who lived in the shadow of the empire: both men and women, colonizer and colonized. A true literary feat, A View of the Empire at Sunset uncovers the mysteries of the past to illuminate the predicaments of the present, getting at the heart of alienation, exile, and family by offering a look into the life of one of the greatest storytellers of the twentieth century and retelling a profound story that is singularly its own"--Dust jacket flap
Romancières -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. FICTION -- Literary. FICTION -- Biographical. FICTION -- Historical -- General. Manners and customs. Colonies. Women novelists. Named Person: Rhys, Jean -- Fiction. Rhys, Jean. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. History. Biographical fiction. Fiction. Biographical fiction. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Time: 1900-1999 Geographic: Paris (France) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction. Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. Great Britain -- Caribbean Area -- Colonies -- Fiction. Dominica -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction. Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. Great Britain -- Colonies -- Fiction. Paris (France) -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Londres (Angleterre) -- MÅurs et coutumes -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Dominique -- MÅurs et coutumes -- 20e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. England -- London. Dominica. Caribbean Area. France -- Paris. Great Britain. Class Descriptors:.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100320
- Title
- A View of the Empire At Sunset
- Author
- Phillips, Caryl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very fine in very fine jacket now in archival mylar
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- ISBN 10
- 0374283613
- ISBN 13
- 9780374283612
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2018
- Keywords
- Women novelists -- Fiction
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