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This book, written in a poetics of the body, is one of my all-time favorites. For me, it is a masterpiece. Not least because it examines the dialectical relationship between Life and Art. For Woolf, Mrs. Ramsey's meal - her creation - is a metaphor for the nature of creativity. Artist writer figures in the work show forth the nature of this creativity. Woolf wanted to show that we create Life, just as artist/writer figures create Art. I love the sentiment that we each have a part to play in the
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One has a bit more time on their hands when recuperating from surgery and maybe such patience is what is required to mine the nuggets of gold I discovered within this novel by Virginia Woolf.
What especially pleased me were the craters, rather than shallow skimming, of character development concerning the relationships between family members, While that between husband and wife weren't unexpected, the developing inner conflict and final resolution between father and both son and daughter made nav ...more
What especially pleased me were the craters, rather than shallow skimming, of character development concerning the relationships between family members, While that between husband and wife weren't unexpected, the developing inner conflict and final resolution between father and both son and daughter made nav ...more
There are passages in this book that made me gasp in recognition and solidarity. There are others that broke my heart in sympathy.
But I struggled to read the book. I guess I'm more of a traditionalist in wanting the book to add up to a single cohesive thing, which I didn't feel this one did. It's more like a collection of poetry in which only some of the poems touched me and others left me cold. Stream of consciousness has never been an art form that worked for me. I like a bit more structure t ...more
But I struggled to read the book. I guess I'm more of a traditionalist in wanting the book to add up to a single cohesive thing, which I didn't feel this one did. It's more like a collection of poetry in which only some of the poems touched me and others left me cold. Stream of consciousness has never been an art form that worked for me. I like a bit more structure t ...more
I listened to the Audible recording of To the Lighthouse, gorgeously read by Nicole Kidman. Once I let go of listening for a plot, and more of just the thread of a story, and simply listened to Nicole's lovely voice reading the poetic words, I enjoyed the flow of the language. It was like going on a road trip (I listened to most of it while driving) with a friend who enjoyed reading poetry aloud, not really caring if I was listening, or not, and not even expecting a reply or reaction. We read th
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Please see my review for a different edition of the same work
Like Hemingway, if I had the kind of stuff Woolf writes about in my head I would have to kill myself, too.
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