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The Waves

Virginia Woolf

Why we're reading this: Follows the lives of 6 friends, from childhood to old age. Beautifully written. Written in a stream of co…more
[close] Follows the lives of 6 friends, from childhood to old age. Beautifully written. Written in a stream of consciousness method and moving seamlessly from one character to another.

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Dec 07, 2011 Petra rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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This was an incredible reading experience. Virginia Woolf was able to pull this off in a lyrical, poetic way. I finished reading a few days ago and have been mulling over how to review this book. It's different, possibly brilliant but how to review it in any meaningful way? I won't be able to do it justice, that's for sure.
This book seems to be an experimental way of turning life into light. It's trying to somehow say that life is everything, despite it's down & depressing side, it's still worth ...more

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