Imagining of Literature

My first encounter with Rhys’s work was when I was a student and participated in a literary course where we watched movies based on some of the books to be discussed. This first visual comprehension of the story, which I must admit was executed brilliantly, gave me a taste of the original. I eagerly read it and though it picked my interest, it was completely overshadowed by my fascination with Angela Carter that started at the same time (Even though Carter has a loudly outspoken opinion on Rhys, I would not discuss her views here. She is not completely uninfluenced by her predecessor – in Carter’s prose there are obvious relations to Rhys’s interpretation of womanhood but I will leave that observation for another time).