A view of the empire at sunset
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
ISBN
9780374283612, 0374283613
Status

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Batavia Public Library District - Adult FictionFIC Phillips, CarylChecked out
Eisenhower Public Library District - StacksFIC PHILLIPS, C.On Shelf
Evergreen Park Public Library - StacksF PHILLIPSOn Shelf
Forest Park Public Library - StacksFIC PHILLIPSOn Shelf
Glen Ellyn Public Library - On OrderFIC PHILLIPS, CARYLOn Order
Show All Copies

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

More Details

Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780374283612, 0374283613

Notes

Description
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.
Local note
BOOK

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Phillips, C. (2018). A view of the empire at sunset (First edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Phillips, Caryl. 2018. A View of the Empire At Sunset. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Phillips, Caryl. A View of the Empire At Sunset Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Phillips, Caryl. A View of the Empire At Sunset First edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.