Virginia Woolf: A Portrait
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (862 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231153570 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-08 |
| Language | : | French |
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Forrester's biography inhabits her characters and vivifies their perspective, weaving a colorful, intense drama that forces readers to rethink their understanding of Woolf, her writing, and her world.. Forrester connects these figures to Woolf's mental breakdown while introducing the concept of "Virginia seule," or Virginia alone: an uncommon paragon of female strength and conviction. Winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt award for biography, this remarkable portrait sheds new light on Virginia Woolf's relationships with her family and friends and how they shaped her work. Virginia Woolf: A Portrait blends recently unearthed documents, key primary sources, and personal interviews with Woolf's relatives and other acquaintances to render in un
(Lila Azam Zanganeh LE MONDE)An engrossing, intimate, and deeply empathetic portrayal of a brilliant and enigmatic woman. The result marks a decisive break in the knowledge we thought we had of this English writer. Without reproving those who wrote before her, knowing what was said and how, Forrester provides a staggering analysis of the youth, marriage, work, and world of Woolf. In a lively and limpid style, Forrester attacks first the myths that have calcified around Woolf. (Alice Ferney Le Figaro)Over the years, Viviane Forrester has read and annotated all the journals of Woolf, the five volumes of her correspondence, including, among other things, the letters from her father, Leslie Stephen, and those from her sister, Vanessa Bell, whom Virginia idolized and envied her entire life. (Maureen McCarthy Star Tribune) . (Anne Fernald Open Letters Monthly)A provocat
"A Portrait of a Disillusioned Woman" according to Dr. Laurence Raw. Readers expecting a linear narrative of Woolf's life will be sadly disappointed. VIRGINIA WOOLF: A PORTRAIT comprises a series of biographical snapshots that roam freely through past, present and future, combining different moments in her often colorful life within each chapter to help us better understand the mind of this complex personality. Forrester is especially preoccupied with Woolf's relationship to husband Leonard, a. The best book on Virginia Woolf I have being reading Virginia Woolf and virtually al the books about her for over thirty years. This is easily the most illuminating, even startling book there is about her extraordinary life. It is, amazingly, full of new insights. The author has read everything and her use of sources is resourceful and creative.
. She worked for Le Monde, Le Nouvel Observateur, and Quinzaine littéraire and was a member of the jury of the Prix Femina. She translated Virginia Woolf's essay "Three Guineas" and is the author of The Economic Horror, Van Gogh ou l'Enterrement dans les blés, and Une etrange dictatu