{"product_id":"the-waves-virginia-woolf","title":"The Waves (Virginia Woolf)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Clear, bright, burnished ... the moods that it expresses are a true kind of poetry' \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracing the lives of a group of friends, \u003ci\u003eThe Waves\u003c\/i\u003e follows their development from childhood to middle age. While social events, individual achievements and disappointments form its narrative, the novel is most remarkable for the rich poetic language that expresses the inner life of its characters: their aspirations, their triumphs and regrets, their awareness of unity and isolation, and their questioning of the meaning of life itself. Perhaps more than any of Woolf's novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Waves\u003c\/i\u003e conveys the endless complexities of human experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited with an Introduction and Notes by Kate Flint\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eVirginia Woolf, born in 1882, was the major novelist at the heart of the inter-war Bloomsbury Group. Her early novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage Out\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNight and Day\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJacob's Room\u003c\/i\u003e. Between 1925 and 1931 she produced her finest masterpieces, including \u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrlando \u003c\/i\u003eand the experimental \u003ci\u003eThe Waves\u003c\/i\u003e. Her later novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Years\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBetween the Acts\u003c\/i\u003e, and she also maintained an astonishing output of literary criticism, journalism and biography, including the passionate feminist essay \u003ci\u003eA Room of One's Own\u003c\/i\u003e. Suffering from depression, she drowned herself in the River Ouse in 1941.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 288 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65807736209757,"sku":"K076509333","price":9.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/7650933300001A.jpg?v=1788486494","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-waves-virginia-woolf","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}