Good Morning, Midnight. Jean Rhys

GOOD MORNING, MIDNIGHT, Jean Rhys
As the first three quarters of the book was discussed during the previous seminar, I will try having a go at the ending. Just as the oxymoronic title of the book can be interpreted in a variety of ways, so too can (I hope) the ending.
In some ways the final scene in Good Morning, Midnight is as much a contradiction in terms as the title. Sasha has come to Paris for a two week holiday. After spending the the novel avoiding feeling and close interaction, Sasha ultimately accepts the advances of a gigolo she has befriended, only to reject him at the mo…