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The Complete Shorter Fiction of Virginia Woolf
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A selection of prose/poetry that reminds me much of James joyce: after all, they were both working at the same time and both had experienced the modernist movement. There are lovely lines here such as "Blue are the ribs of the wrecked rowing boats"; there is what feels like prose/poetry that needs to be read and reread to (hopefully) get a grip on what, exactly, Woolf was trying to say; and there are bits that, to me, seemed like a writer scribbling: I can't imagine these notes were meant to be published. But, all in all, this is a fascinating look into Woolf's world.
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Aug 21, 2017 02:35PM
Woolf and Joyce are two authors that I have never been able to get into. Maybe I need to try again now I am older.
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Calzean wrote: "Woolf and Joyce are two authors that I have never been able to get into. Maybe I need to try again now I am older."Thanks for your note Calzean. I never thought I would compare any writer to Joyce. But "Ulysses" is very readable, is full of a type of prose/poetry, and when I read a Woolf line like "blue are the ribs of the wrecked rowing boat' and when I try, but can't place that line in context with the passage/paragraph, we're talking lovely words and we're being challenged by Woolf "Think, dear reader, think." I love authors who do this, and only a very few can.
Calzean wrote: "Woolf and Joyce are two authors that I have never been able to get into. Maybe I need to try again now I am older."Calzean, I think there comes a time when we can find no new plots, no new twists, and the words/writing itself takes center stage. Of course, there is only one plot anyway: someone comes to town.
