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This prize-winning biography, newly revised, sees Virginia Woolf as she saw herself. The first to set out the private life behind the well-known facts of her public career, A Writer's Life rocks back and forth between memories and art to reveal an explorer of 'the infinite oddity of the human position'. Instead of the doom-and-death often imposed on women of genius, here is the robust walker and seeker for what was fertile in her intimacies, in women's nature, and in resistance to power. This edition brings out her ideas for biography to fall on a life 'like a roll of heavy waters... laying bare the pebbles on the shore of the soul'.
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Insightful biography of Woolf’s inner worlds and feminism.
Who is this book for?
If you're curious about Virginia Woolf beyond her writings, this biography offers a deeply personal portrait that explores her as a vibrant, questioning woman. It captures her inner struggles, creative spirit, and resistance against societal constraints with warmth and honesty. Woolf enthusiasts and readers interested in the human side of literary icons will find this book both enlightening and inspiring.
