The Resource A view of the empire at sunset, Caryl Phillips
A view of the empire at sunset, Caryl Phillips
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The item A view of the empire at sunset, Caryl Phillips represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover).This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item A view of the empire at sunset, Caryl Phillips represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover).
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374538385
- Label
- A view of the empire at sunset
- Title
- A view of the empire at sunset
- Statement of responsibility
- Caryl Phillips
- Subject
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- FICTION / Biographical
- FICTION / Historical / General
- FICTION / Literary
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Rhys, Jean -- Fiction
- Women novelists -- Fiction
- Paris (France) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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
- Cataloging source
- PUL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Phillips, Caryl
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9275.S263
- LC item number
- V54 2018
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Rhys, Jean
- Women novelists
- Paris (France)
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / Biographical
- FICTION / Historical / General
- Label
- A view of the empire at sunset, Caryl Phillips
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1004935236
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374538385
- Lccn
- 2017047959
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1004935236
- Label
- A view of the empire at sunset, Caryl Phillips
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1004935236
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 324 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374538385
- Lccn
- 2017047959
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1004935236
Subject
- FICTION / Biographical
- FICTION / Historical / General
- FICTION / Literary
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Rhys, Jean -- Fiction
- Women novelists -- Fiction
- Paris (France) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
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