Author: Virginia Woolf
- Fiction
- Lumen
- ISBN: 9788426400574
- Release Date: 10-21-2025
Synopsis
Virginia Woolf siempre se sinti atra da por la idea del party, ese encuentro social donde se muestra la vulnerabilidad de hombres y mujeres que entre copa y copa dejan de ser quienes son para representar el papel que m s conviene a la ocasi n. Buena muestra de su inter s es La se ora Dalloway, una novela que se mueve al comp s de la fiesta que est organizando una dama de la alta sociedad londinense.
Los siete relatos que componen La fiesta de la se ora Dalloway son el complemento ideal de la novela, pues Viginia Woolf los escribi en el per odo comprendido entre 1922 y 1927, as que de alguna manera estos textos rodean y acompa an a La se ora Dalloway, que se public en 1925.
«La idea del party la excitaba, y en la pr ctica era muy sensible a la exaltaci n de los sentidos, al fermento y al bullicio que implica una reuni n social , comentaba Leonard Woolf hablando de su esposa, y este volumen quiere ser un homenaje a la gran escritora: aunque ella no pueda estar, la fiesta, su fiesta, contin a...
Virginia Woolf was always attracted to the idea of a party, that social gathering where the vulnerability of men and women is exposed, where people stop being who they are between drinks, and play the most suited role for the occasion. A good display of her interest is Mrs. Dalloway, a novel moving to the rhythm of a party organized by a London high society lady.
The seven stories that comprise Mrs. Dalloway's Party are the ideal complement for the novel, since Virginia Woolf wrote them between 1922 and 1927, in a way encircling Mrs. Dalloway, published in 1925.
"The idea of a party excited her, and in practice she was very sensitive to the exaltation of the senses, to the fermentation and the noise involved in social gatherings," commented Leonard Woolf about his wife. And this volume pretends to be a homage to the great writer: even if she cannot be there, the party, her party, carries on...
