Jacob's Room
Virginia Woolf
14 €
Coup de coeur
(Literature), by Clara
Jacob's Room seems to me to be one of Virginia Woolf's most touching novels. This highly poetic novel set in the pre-war period tells the story of Jacob as told only by the women in his life. The central character exists through memories and testimonies, making this novel a unique literary experience. It's not one of Woolf's best-known titles, but it certainly deserves to be discovered more!
New to the Vintage Classics Woolf series, this is Woolf's groundbreaking experimental novel.
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 his fate is forever altered. Impressionistic in style, the narrative is as inspired now as it was when it first appeared.
'A remarkable achievement' New Statesman
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Sept 2022
Dimensions: 128 x 178 x 20 mm
ISBN: 9781784877958
