Sleep It Off, Lady. Stories
London: Andre Deutsch, 1976. 1st Edition. Octavo, publisher's sea foam buckram cloth, spine gilt, original illustrated dust jacket.
Collection of sixteen autobiographical short stories by resident literary sad woman Jean Rhys, the last to be published in her lifetime. The collection begin with fictionalized versions of Rhys’s Dominican childhood ("The Bishop's Feast", "Heat", "Fishy Waters"), then moves on to events drawn from her time working as a chorus girl in London ("Before the Deluge"), then to Paris and failed love affairs ("Night Out 1925", "The Chevalier of the Place Blanche"), and finally to old age, and death ("I Used to Live Here Once"). Price-clipped dust jacket with light soiling to lower panel. Near fine. Item #13226
$45.00