Why people recommend it
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys is a celebrated post-colonial novel that serves as a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, set in the Caribbean. On The Book Review podcast, during the July 18, 2024 episode John Grisham on 'The Whistler', Greg Coles discussed reading Jean Rhys's novel, noting that it was a book by the Caribbean-British writer that he had never gotten around to reading before. On the same date, during the episode A Novel About Brilliant Young Game Designers, Dwight Garner discussed Jean Rhys's most famous novel. Garner highlighted the remarkable circumstances of its publication in 1966, pointing out that the author was seventy-six years old at the time. Garner noted that the book came out of the blue when people did not even know the author was still alive, emphasizing the unexpected and triumphant literary return that cemented the novel's enduring legacy in twentieth-century fiction.
Who recommended it
- Greg Coles Recommended
- Dwight Garner Discussed
Greg Coles — 1 mention
“um am reading a book that I had never gotten around to uh and it's a wide saraso by Jee Reese the the Caribbean British writer”
Dwight Garner — 1 mention
“she was 76 and published wide saraso C the book that most people know of her in 1966 when she was as I said she was 76 and she had come out of the blue and people didn't even know she was alive anymore”