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portada Jacob's Room (in English)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Language
Inglés
Pages
134
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
21.6 x 14.0 x 1.1 cm
Weight
0.32 kg.
ISBN13
9789355274809

Jacob's Room (in English)

Virginia Woolf (Author) · Mjp Publishers · Hardcover

Jacob's Room (in English) - Woolf, Virginia

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Synopsis "Jacob's Room (in English)"

Jacob's Room, a groundbreaking novel by the incomparable Virginia Woolf, is an innovative and beautifully crafted exploration of a young man's life, from his idyllic childhood to his untimely death. Through the use of Woolf's signature stream-of-consciousness style and intricate narrative structure, readers are granted an intimate glimpse into Jacob's inner world, as well as the lives of those he encounters along the way. Set against the backdrop of pre-World War I England, Jacob's Room examines the complexities of human relationships, the impermanence of life, and the intricacies of identity. As we follow Jacob through his experiences at university, his travels abroad, and his relationships with friends and lovers, we are confronted with the shifting and elusive nature of reality and the limitations of our understanding of others. A pioneering work of modernist fiction, Jacob's Room is a testament to Virginia Woolf's extraordinary talent as a writer and her ability to reveal the profound emotional depths that lie beneath the surface of everyday life. This compelling and evocative novel will captivate and challenge readers, leaving a lasting impression that lingers long after the final page.
Virginia Woolf
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Virginia Woolf nació en Londres el 25 de enero de 1882 y murió el 28 de marzo de 1941, ahogada en el río Ouse. Al morir su padre, el conocido hombre de letras sir Leslie Stephen, Virginia y su hermana Vanessa abandonaron el elegante barrio de Kensington y se trasladaron al bohemio Bloomsbury, que dio nombre al brillante grupo literario formado alrededor de las hermanas Stephen. En él participaron, entre otros, T. S. Eliot, Bertrand Russell, Vita Sackville-West y el escritor Leonard Woolf, con quien se casó Virginia y junto al que dirigió la prestigiosa editorial Hogarth Press. Desde sus primeras obras, Virginia Woolf resaltó su intención de llevar las novelas a algo más que a una mera narración. En La señora Dalloway (1925) y Al faro (1927), la autora expresaba los sentimientos interiores de los personajes con técnicas propias, consiguiendo grandes efectos psicológicos por medio de imágenes, metáforas y símbolos. Su técnica se consolidó con Orlando (1931) y Las olas (1931), que le dieron un puesto indiscutible dentro de la mejor literatura universal. Además, Woolf escribió ensayos tan famosos como Un cuarto propio (1929), que aún hoy es inspiración para las nuevas generaciones de mujeres, artículos de crítica literaria como los recopilados en El lector común (1925, 1932) y en Genio y tinta (2021), o la biografía del perro de la poeta inglesa Elizabeth Barrett, Flush (1933). Todas estas obras están publicadas en Lumen.
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