Virginia Woolf Kew Gardens (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Kew GardensCondition: NewEAN: 9781913724122ISBN: 9781913724122Publisher: Renard Press LtdFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/30/2022Description: First published in 1921 as part of her ground-breaking short-story collection Monday or Tuesday, Kew Gardens follows the thoughts of a set of characters walking past a flower bed in the royal botanic garden on a hot July day.Interweaving the thoughts of the characters with depictions of the natural world surrounding them, the narrative flows from mind to mind, from the tranquil flower bed to the bustling city outside.Written in Woolf's trademark style, brimming with keen observation and rich language, Kew Gardens is both a paean to the natural world and an empathetic exploration of human experience.'The light fell either upon the smooth, grey back of a pebble or the shell of a snail with its brown, circular veins, or, falling into a raindrop, it expanded with such intensity of red, blue and yellow the thin walls of water that one expected them to burst and disappear… Then the breeze stirred rather more briskly overhead and the colour was flashed into the air above, into the eyes of the men and women who walk in Kew Gardens in July.'Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 178mmItem Length: 110mmAuthor: Virginia WoolfGenre: FictionTopic: Classic FictionRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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