The Waves

图书标准信息

• 作者 Virginia Woolf（弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫） 著
• 出版社 Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• 出版时间 2000-06
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781840224108
• 定价 25.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 192页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

'Iamwritingtoarhythmandnottoaplot',VirginiaWoolfstatedofhereighthnovel,TheWaves.Widelyregardedasoneofhergreatestandmostoriginalworks,itconveystherhythmsoflifeinsynchronywiththecycleofnatureandthepassageoftime.Sixchildren-Bernard,Susan,Rhoda,Neville,JinnyandLouis-meetinagardenclosetothesea,theirvoicessoundingovertheconstantechoofthewavesthatrollbackandforthfromtheshore.Thesubsequentcontinuityofthesesixmaincharacters,astheydevelopfromchildhoodtomaturityandfollowdifferentpassionsandambitions,isinterspersedwithinterludesfromthetimelessandunifyingchorusofnature.Inpurestream-of-consciousnessstyle,Woolfpresentsacross-sectionofmultipleyetparallellives,eachmarkedbythedisintegratingforceofamutualtragedy.TheWavesishersearchingexplorationofindividualandcollectiveidentity,andtheobservationsandemotionsoflife,fromthesimplicityandsurgingoptimismofyouthtothevacancyanddespairofmiddle-age.

【作者简介】

VirginiaWoolf(January1882–28March1941)wasanEnglishwriter,andoneoftheforemostmodernistsofthetwentiethcentury.
Duringtheinterwarperiod,WoolfwasasignificantfigureinLondonliterarysocietyandacentralfigureintheinfluentialBloomsburyGroupofintellectuals.HermostfamousworksincludethenovelsMrsDalloway(1925),TotheLighthouse(1927)andOrlando(1928),andthebook-lengthessayARoomofOne'sOwn(1929),withitsfamousdictum,"Awomanmusthavemoneyandaroomofherownifsheistowritefiction."

　　弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫（或译弗吉尼亚·伍尔芙）。英国女作家，被誉为二十世纪现代主义与女性主义的先锋。两次世界大战期间，她是伦敦文学界的核心人物，同时也是布卢姆茨伯里派（BloomsburyGroup）的成员之一。最知名的小说包括《戴洛维夫人》（Mrs.Dalloway）、《到灯塔去》（TotheLighthouse）、《雅各的房间》（Jakob'sRoom）。