"By turns lyrical, self-mocking, and outlandish, Woolf's
meditation on the perils and privileges of the sickbed lampoons the
loneliness that makes one 'glad of a kick from a housemaid.' When
Woolf imagines beauty in a frozen-over garden . . . it seems less a
triumph of nature than of art."--"The New Yorker"
"Brilliant and beautiful."--Francine Prose, "Bookforum"
" A] long-neglected reverie on illness . . . reprinted by the
sterling Paris Press. This is a brilliant and odd book, charged
with restrained emotion and sudden humor."--"Los Angeles Times Book
Review"
"The resurrection of this forgotten work on illness is a boon
indeed. . . . This is Woolf at her spangled best."--"Booklist"
In this poignant and humorous book, Virginia Woolf observes that
no human being is spared toothaches, colds, and the flu. Yet
illness--transformative and as common as love and war--is rarely
the subject of polite conversation, let alone literature. This
paperback facsimile of the 1930 Hogarth Press edition, with
Hermione Lee's introduction to Woolf's life, work, and "On Being
Ill," is ideal for book groups, general readers, students,
caregivers, and of course anyone suffering from a cold or more
serious illness.
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is among the greatest literary
geniuses of the twentieth century. Her groundbreaking books include
"Mrs. Dalloway," "To the Lighthouse," and "A Room of One's
Own."
Hermione Lee is the renowned author of "Virginia Woolf." Her
other best-selling biographies include "Edith Wharton," "Willa
Cather," and "Philip Roth." She is president of Wolfson College,
University of Oxford, England.
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