View of the Empire at Sunset [Pehme köide]

Remarkable The story of a troubled young woman trying to make her way in England during the early years of the twentieth century... A novel of acute psychological empathy and understanding -- William Boyd * New York Times * A richly atmospheric tale with a bleak glimpse of the empire -- Jeffrey Burke * Mail on Sunday * A View of the Empire at Sunset is a sympathetic and powerful portrait of an outcastas well as a searing indictment of the empire * Mail Online UK * [ Phillips is] a lyrical, transporting stylist and his focus on Gwens displacement has profound thematic resonance -- Lucy Atkins * Sunday Times * A View of the Empire at Sunset quietly but powerfully articulates the social and global forces that shaped such a woman -- Sophie Oliver * Times Literary Supplement * One of Britain's pre-eminent writers * Guardian * Distinguished novelist and essayist Phillips explores with rigor and artistry the ever-after effects of the toxic double-helix of racism and imperialism embodied in the African diaspora in the Caribbean, England, and America... A daring fictionalization... Hypnotic... Phillips bravura, empathic, and unnerving performance makes the real-world achievement of his muse all the more surprising and significant -- Starred Review * Booklist * Haunting... Phillips is at his best in this powerful evocation of Rhyss vision, which illuminates both her time and the present. -- Starred Review * Publishers Weekly * Phillips...brings his eloquent gifts for writing about those marginalised by race, colonial status and class to a fictionalised version of the story of novelist Jean Rhys... Devastating * BBC.com * Phillips novel of being and becoming, of memory, and the mythology of writers and writing is a wonder. This is a gift of a book -- Niven Govinden, author of All the Days and Nights