Comments on: “I got used to everything except the cold…” — On Jean Rhys and Ford Madox Ford http://koreanish.com/2009/06/20/i-got-used-to-everything-except-the-cold-on-jean-rhys-and-ford-madox-ford/ Alexander Chee Fri, 25 May 2012 04:01:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: “Only two classes of books are of universal appeal: the very best and the very worst.” — Ford Madox Ford « Koreanish http://koreanish.com/2009/06/20/i-got-used-to-everything-except-the-cold-on-jean-rhys-and-ford-madox-ford/#comment-1960 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:40:43 +0000 http://koreanish.com/?p=1306#comment-1960 [...] them has had a significant impact on my work and how I think about writing fiction. Rhys I discuss here; Ford is another story. Later this week I’ll be posting about what I think of as the impact [...]

]]> By: Maud Newton: Blog http://koreanish.com/2009/06/20/i-got-used-to-everything-except-the-cold-on-jean-rhys-and-ford-madox-ford/#comment-1957 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:09:54 +0000 http://koreanish.com/?p=1306#comment-1957 [...] of Lilian Pizzichini’s new Rhys biography’ Alex on discovering Rhys “when I was tired of what I was”‘ Rhys and the melding of fact and invention in fiction; Rhys on changing [...]

]]> By: Tony http://koreanish.com/2009/06/20/i-got-used-to-everything-except-the-cold-on-jean-rhys-and-ford-madox-ford/#comment-1953 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:00:04 +0000 http://koreanish.com/?p=1306#comment-1953 I love “The Wide Sargasso Sea”. I remember reading it in my early 20′s and it is one of those books that has never lost it’s magic for me.

I hope you enjoy reading Ford. I’ve only ever read “The Good Soldier” but that is another book that after I had spent a long time avoiding reading it, I was pleasantly surprised and have re-read it many times since.

]]> By: koreanish http://koreanish.com/2009/06/20/i-got-used-to-everything-except-the-cold-on-jean-rhys-and-ford-madox-ford/#comment-1952 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:49:01 +0000 http://koreanish.com/?p=1306#comment-1952 maitress: Thanks. And I’m looking forward to reading your review! As well as hearing what people think of our take on these novels.

]]> By: maitresse http://koreanish.com/2009/06/20/i-got-used-to-everything-except-the-cold-on-jean-rhys-and-ford-madox-ford/#comment-1951 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:55:09 +0000 http://koreanish.com/?p=1306#comment-1951 The Pizzichini bio is atrocious (I will explain in The Quarterly Conversation when my review publishes). But I look forward to reading your exchange with Maud. Esp. as I wrote my senior thesis on Quartet!

]]> By: koreanish http://koreanish.com/2009/06/20/i-got-used-to-everything-except-the-cold-on-jean-rhys-and-ford-madox-ford/#comment-1950 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:28:46 +0000 http://koreanish.com/?p=1306#comment-1950 Thanks, Molly. She was one of those writers who made me feel like I could stay around.

]]> By: Molly Gaudry http://koreanish.com/2009/06/20/i-got-used-to-everything-except-the-cold-on-jean-rhys-and-ford-madox-ford/#comment-1949 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:22:10 +0000 http://koreanish.com/?p=1306#comment-1949 A lovely post.

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