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“[Quartet’s] abiding power arises from [Jean Rhys’s] ability to convey the complex vectors of desire and repulsion that move between the characters, distorted by the intractable demands of convention, even in this supposedly liberal bohemian society.” —from the introduction by Claire Messud

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"Rhys tells her story with the miraculous spontaneity of all her writing, and in the tone of one who keeps calm while reporting a catastrophe." -- Shirley Hazzard - New York Times Book Review

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    A Paperback / softback by Jean Rhys, Claire Messud

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      Publisher: WW Norton & Co
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 27/10/2020
      ISBN13: 9780393358117, 978-0393358117
      ISBN10: 0393358119

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      “[Quartet’s] abiding power arises from [Jean Rhys’s] ability to convey the complex vectors of desire and repulsion that move between the characters, distorted by the intractable demands of convention, even in this supposedly liberal bohemian society.” —from the introduction by Claire Messud

      Trade Review
      "Rhys tells her story with the miraculous spontaneity of all her writing, and in the tone of one who keeps calm while reporting a catastrophe." -- Shirley Hazzard - New York Times Book Review

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