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I Used to Live Here Once

An intimate, profoundly moving biography of Jean Rhys, acclaimed author of Wide Sargasso Sea. Based on new research in the Caribbean, a wealth of never-before-seen papers, journals, letters, and photographs, and interviews with those who knew Rhys, I Used to Live Here Once is a luminous and penetrating portrait of a fascinatingly elusive artist.


Author:

  • Miranda Seymour

Narrator:

  • Diana Quick

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 14 h 10 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Biographies and reportage
  • Biographies
  • Society and Social Sciences
  • Society
  • Society and Social Sciences
  • Gender and LGBT

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