Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Un texto musical --por la aliteraci n y el ritmo -- cargado de im genes po ticas, un hito de la rompedora novel stica inglesa de principios de siglo El MundoDesde el momento de su publicaci n, Las olas ha sido considerada una de las obras capitales de la narrativa contempor nea, tanto por la original e hipn tica belleza de su prosa como por la perfecci n de su revolucionaria t cnica. Con el paso de los a os, su influencia en la literatura ha ido acrecent ndose.La novela desarrolla, al comp s del batir de las olas en la playa, seis mon logos interiores que, como un tapiz a cada instante tejido y destejido, formulan el relato caleidosc pico de la vida de seis personajes desde su infancia hasta la vejez.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONThe Waves, first published in 1931, is Virginia Woolf's most experimental novel.It consists of soliloquies spoken by the book's six characters: Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny, and Louis.Also important is Percival, the seventh character, though readers never hear him speak in his own voice. The soliloquies that span the characters' lives are broken up by nine brief third-person interludes detailing a coastal scene at varying stages in a day from sunrise to sunset. As the six characters or "voices" speak Woolf explores concepts of individuality, self and community. Each character is distinct, yet together they compose (as Ida Klitg rd has put it) a gestalt about a silent central consciousness.