{"product_id":"wide-sargasso-sea","title":"Wide Sargasso Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis “tour de force” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e) celebrates its 50th anniversary.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWide Sargasso Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a masterpiece of modern fiction, was Jean Rhys’s return to the literary center stage. She had a startling early career and was known for her extraordinary prose and haunting women characters. With \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWide Sargasso Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, her last and best-selling novel, she ingeniously brings into light one of fiction’s most fascinating characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Brontë’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. This mesmerizing work introduces us to Antoinette Cosway, a sensual and protected young woman who is sold into marriage to the prideful Mr. Rochester. Rhys portrays Cosway amidst a society so driven by hatred, so skewed in its sexual relations, that it can literally drive a woman out of her mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA new introduction by the award-winning Edwidge Danticat, author most recently of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eClaire of the Sea Light\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, expresses the enduring importance of this work. Drawing on her own Caribbean background, she illuminates the setting’s impact on Rhys and her astonishing work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arvida Book Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720481210599,"sku":null,"price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/wide.jpg?v=1768513528","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/wide-sargasso-sea","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}