Tigers Are Better-Looking
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A masterwork of short fiction from one of the twentieth century's most distinctive literary voices, Tigers are Better-Looking presents a collection of bitter-sweet stories that cut to the heart of isolation, longing, and the precarious lives of women on the margins of society. Jean Rhys, best known for Wide Sargasso Sea, chronicles the quiet desperation of outsiders — drifters, dreamers, and the overlooked — with a prose style that is both economical and devastatingly precise. Set across London and Paris, the stories illuminate the fragile inner worlds of characters who struggle against indifference and social exclusion, rendered with the same unflinching psychological depth that defines Rhys's longer work. The collection also includes a selection of earlier stories from The Left Bank, offering readers a broader panorama of her remarkable career and cementing her reputation as a master of the form.
Author: Jean Rhys
Format: Paperback
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A masterwork of short fiction from one of the twentieth century's most distinctive literary voices, Tigers are Better-Looking presents a collection of bitter-sweet stories that cut to the heart of isolation, longing, and the precarious lives of women on the margins of society. Jean Rhys, best known for Wide Sargasso Sea, chronicles the quiet desperation of outsiders — drifters, dreamers, and the overlooked — with a prose style that is both economical and devastatingly precise. Set across London and Paris, the stories illuminate the fragile inner worlds of characters who struggle against indifference and social exclusion, rendered with the same unflinching psychological depth that defines Rhys's longer work. The collection also includes a selection of earlier stories from The Left Bank, offering readers a broader panorama of her remarkable career and cementing her reputation as a master of the form.