Wide Sargasso Sea
Ratings54
Average rating3.4
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Ratings54
Average rating3.4
Jean Rhys's reputation was made upon publication of this passionate and heartbreaking novel, in which she brings into the light one of citsion's most mysterious characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre".
A sensual and protected young woman, the narrator grows up in the lush, natural world of the Caribbean. She is sold into marriage to the cold-hearted and prideful Rochester, who succumbs to his need for money and his lust. Yet he will make her pay for her ancestors' sins of slaveholding, excessive drinking and nihilistic despair by enslaving her as a prisoner in his bleak British home.
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It was more of a standalone piece when solely looking into the lines of this book. It was purely about colonialism, racism, and perhaps even about feminism in the early days, being shaded as madness. But the whole thing is flat, and the language is just so, making the narrative seemingly so bland and lack of colour in the sense which not much sentiment could be aroused, as so did the independency of women simmered down under the light of the societal background. This makes the book completely unpalpable to me.
Jeg skjønner når jeg leser det at det er viktig og leseverdig litteratur, men noen ganger står leseren i veien for litteraturen, noe som er tilfelle denne gangen. Uansett: En Goodreads-stjerne sier ikke noe om boken, bare om dens møte med meg som sitter på den andre siden, og denne gangen var møtet bare helt greit.
I have mixed feelings. I'm a bit confused over parts and I may change my stars to 4 stars at it all settles in.
For the Read Harder “A book of colonial or postcolonial literature” category. So much packed into a small novel–symbolism, hate, history. The introduction by Edwidge Danticat is terrific and helpful.
