Tag: Virginia Woolf
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To The River
Review: I am haunted by waters. Thus begins this extraordinary book. I don’t use the word extraordinary lightly here, I mean this is a really extraordinary, exceptional, puzzlingly beautiful book. This was Olivia Laing’s debut, way back in 2011 but it has aged beautifully. The book begins with the author describing her recent breakup with… Read more
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Mrs. Dalloway
Review: This was unexpected. It was written in stream of consciousness like Joyce’s Ulysses which surprised me. I had read To The Lighthouse a couple years ago and that was conventional, so I guess I expected more of the same from this author. Two things I didn’t like were the lack of chapters and to… Read more
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To The Lighthouse
Review: Stream of consciousness as narrative form. Beautiful scenery evoked. Another example, like Der Zauberberg of how WWI changed the way people think. An extraordinary book. Fast and delightful. Overall rating: How I discovered or acquired this book: Rando Kindle Noteworthy experiences while reading this book: Check out author’s other books? Y Recommend this book?… Read more