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A review by bpaxton
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
wow wow wow!
this book is pure poetry from beginning to end! told in Woolf's signature rambling, lyrical and witty style we follow the gender-defying Orlando from his birth in the Elizabethan era to her late 30s in 1928.
this book is outlandish, funny and camp but also profoundly deep and philosophical.
through Orlando we discuss the meaning of life and love in this ode to literature.
the way gender, sexuality and feminism are depicted through this character is soo refreshing (especially for a book published in the 1920s- how???) .
what a layered and complex female (?) character written for a female genius by a female literary genius.
this book is pure poetry from beginning to end! told in Woolf's signature rambling, lyrical and witty style we follow the gender-defying Orlando from his birth in the Elizabethan era to her late 30s in 1928.
this book is outlandish, funny and camp but also profoundly deep and philosophical.
through Orlando we discuss the meaning of life and love in this ode to literature.
the way gender, sexuality and feminism are depicted through this character is soo refreshing (especially for a book published in the 1920s- how???) .
what a layered and complex female (?) character written for a female genius by a female literary genius.