Jacob's Room
$22.71
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2005
Summary
An experimental novel about a young man who yearns for something greater than his everyday life holds.
WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY LAWRENCE NORFOLK AND ELISABETH BRONFEN
Jacob’s Room is Virginia Woolf’s first truly experimental novel. It is a portrait of a young man, tracing his life from childhood, to Cambridge University, and to his early adult life in artistic London. Jacob always yearns for something greater, and embarks on a voyage to the Mediterranean before the war begins and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099478263 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099478269 |
| Author: | Virginia Woolf |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2005 |
| Weight: | 151g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 13mm |
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Jacob, of whom people speak, of whom they think, but who is never shown. And yet that denial of presence on the part of the author makes of him one of the most living presences in world literature. It’s a remarkable achievement. * New Statesman *
Virginia Woolf stands as the chief figure of modernism in England and must be included with Joyce and Proust in the realisation of experimental achievements that have completely broken with tradition * New York Times *
About The Author
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was born in London. She became a central figure in The Bloomsbury Group, an informal collective of British writers, artists and thinkers. In 1912 Virginia married Leonard Woolf, a writer and social reformer. She wrote many works of literature which are now considered masterpieces, including Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, and The Waves.
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