Journal Entry 1 by crimson-tide from Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, March 11, 2010

Slightly different cover art.

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'I am writing to a rhythm and not to a plot', Virginia Woolf stated of her eighth novel, The Waves. Widely regarded as one of her greatest and most original works, it conveys the rhythms of life in synchrony with the cycle of nature and the passage of time. Six children - Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny and Louis - meet in a garden close to the sea, their voices sounding over the constant echo of the waves that roll back and forth from the shore. The subsequent continuity of these six main characters, as they develop from childhood to maturity and follow different passions and ambitions, is interspersed with interludes from the timeless and unifying chorus of nature. In pure stream-of-consciousness style, Woolf presents a cross-section of multiple yet parallel lives, each marked by the disintegrating force of a mutual tragedy. The Waves is her searching exploration of individual and collective identity, and the observations and emotions of life, from the simplicity and surging optimism of youth to the vacancy and despair of middle-age.

Reserved for the 1001+ Books VBB.

Update: Chosen from the box by perfect-circle.
 

Journal Entry 2 by crimson-tide at Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Thursday, September 16, 2010

I really struggled with this one - so much so that it didn't pass the fifty page rule. There must be something about Virginia Woolf's writing that I just don't 'get' as it's not the first of hers I couldn't finish. We just do not mesh well I guess. I'm a bit sad about it in this case as I really wanted to appreciate this book and many people whose opinions I respect and value say it's a fine book. Oh well, maybe I'll try again later some time when I'm more in the right 'space' for it.

Off to perfect-circle once I have an address confirmed.
 

Journal Entry 3 by crimson-tide at Balingup, Western Australia Australia on Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (9/23/2010 UTC) at Balingup, Western Australia Australia

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Off to perfect-circle by airmail as part of the 1001+ books VBB. 

Journal Entry 4 by perfect-circle at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Monday, October 11, 2010

Arrived safely over the weekend, many thanks! 

Journal Entry 5 by perfect-circle at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear United Kingdom on Saturday, January 22, 2011

Another one who doesn't 'get' Virginia Woolf (glad I'm not the only one!). I finished this and I liked the rhythm to it but I really just don't like 'stream of conscious' writing, which this very much is.