Good Morning, Midnight.

RHYS, Jean.

Item Number: 114578

London: Andre Deutsch, 1967.

First edition of the re-issue of this novel by the author of The Wide Sargasso Sea, which V.S. Naipaul called “the most subtle and complete of [Rhys’] novels, and the most humane.” Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Jean Rhys on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Barbara Brown.

Often considered a continuation of Rhys' three other early novels, Quartet (1928), After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie (1931) and Voyage in the Dark (1934), it is experimental in design and deals with a woman's feelings of vulnerability, depression, loneliness and desperation during the years between the two World Wars. The book initially sold poorly—critics thought it well written, but too depressing—and after its publication Rhys spent a decade living in obscurity. It was not until it was adapted by Selma Vaz Dias into a radio play, first broadcast by the BBC in 1957, that Rhys was once again put into the spotlight.