Jean Rhys

Is Voyage in the Dark, by Jean Rhys, autobiographical or isn’t it? I’ve seen some reviews that say it is and others that say no? Does it matter? Maybe.

I certainly didn’t find this book as good as Wide Sargasso Sea, but then I didn’t expect to. It was interesting. Dreamlike and sad. Depressing. TW read it before me, and without giving away the end, said she’d have preferred an even “darker” ending because the main character was so sad. After reading it, I can understand that line of thinking. Anna was definitely sad.

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