La Grosse Fifi: Mini Modern Classics

These four haunting stories from the author of Wide Sargasso Sea capture moments in the lives of European dilettantes, ing-nues, businessmen, soldiers and artists at a time when the world was enjoying freedom after war. But with freedom comes the greater opportunity for self-destruction, and Rhys is at her redolent best when writing about the desires of people striving unsuccessfully after happiness.