Virginia Woolf: A Portrait (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780231153560)

Winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt award for biography, this remarkable portrait sheds new light on Virginia Woolf's relationships with her family and friends and how they shaped her work. Virginia Woolf: A Portrait blends recently unearthed documents, key primary sources, and personal interviews with Woolf's relatives and other acquaintances to render in unmatched detail the author's complicated relationship with her husband, Leonard; her father, Leslie Stephen; and her half-sister, Vanessa Bell. Forrester connects these figures to Woolf's mental breakdown while introducing the concept of "Virginia seule," or Virginia alone: an uncommon paragon of female strength and conviction. Forrester's biography inhabits her characters and vivifies their perspective, weaving a colorful, intense drama that forces readers to rethink their understanding of Woolf, her writing, and her world.

Author: Viviane Forrester
ISBN-10: 0231153562
ISBN-13: 9780231153560
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/19/2015
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.20w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2015
Publishers Weekly 03/30/2015
Library Journal 04/01/2015 pg. 88