{"product_id":"voyage-in-the-dark-9780141183954","title":"Voyage in the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jean Rhys\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It was as if a curtain had fallen, hiding everything I had ever known, ' says Anna Morgan, eighteen years old and catapulted to England from the West Indies after the death of her beloved father. Working as a chorus girl, Anna drifts into the \u003ci\u003edemi-monde\u003c\/i\u003e of Edwardian London. But there, dismayed by the unfamiliar cold and greyness, she is absolutely alone and unconsciously floating from innocence to harsh experience. Her childish dreams have been replaced by the harsher reality of living in a man's world, where all charity has its price \u003ci\u003eVoyage in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1934, but it could have been written today. It is the story of an unhappy love affair, a portrait of a hypocritical society, and an exploration of exile and breakdown; all written in Jean Rhys's hauntingly simple and beautiful style. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eVoyage in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like James Joyce's \u003ci\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A wonderful bitter-sweet book, written with disarming simplicity'\u003cbr\u003eEsther Freud, \u003ci\u003eExpress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Her eloquence in the language of human sexual transactions is chilling, cynical, and surprisingly moving'\u003cbr\u003eA.L. Kennedy\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45088249577623,"sku":"9780141183954","price":490.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780141183954.webp?v=1767641452","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/voyage-in-the-dark-9780141183954","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}