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Orlando: A Biography - Community Reviews back

by Virginia Woolf
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rubya
rubya rated it 12 years ago
A brilliant, entertaining, disturbing text. One of my favorite examples of magical realism.
Rowena's Reviews
Rowena's Reviews rated it 12 years ago
I absolutely adored this book. The style is definitely different from the other Woolf books I've read so far. What stood out for me was the beautiful use of the language, maybe more than the story. The novel had an almost fairytale-like feel to it, and I was definitely enchanted from the start.I don...
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL rated it 12 years ago
This is a glorious explosion of a book and I loved every sentence of it.
M Sarki
M Sarki rated it 12 years ago
Just didn't do it for me even with my ferocious love for Woolf.
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 13 years ago
Homonym novel. Read by Clare Higgins. There is a film to track down.Hah - don't know what I expected but a starting point in the Tudor period was pretty far down the list of probables. Bargain! What about this at the 50% mark - Orlando becomes a woman *he was a man up until the age of 30*, this nove...
Xdyj's books
Xdyj's books rated it 13 years ago
A humorous and powerful account on romanticism, the nature and power of words, and gender as a social construction.
anderlawlor
anderlawlor rated it 14 years ago
I don't care! I love this book!
elisas8
elisas8 rated it 14 years ago
this is far and away my favorite of the virginia woolf books i've read. there were parts of it that i really liked, parts that made me laugh. but i had to work to not drift or be driven to skim. i wish i could say that i liked her more, but she's just ok for me. but for me, this was definitely h...
In laywoman's terms
In laywoman's terms rated it 14 years ago
Reading 'Orlando' was a rather ambivalent experience for me. I really hated it sometimes... but I also not-really-hated-it some others. All in all, the plot is not very interesting and too fluctuating, but I enjoyed the way it was written and the imagery I got from it. Sadly, I didn't like any of th...
Books etc.
Books etc. rated it 15 years ago
I'm sorry to say that I don't understand it... I enjoyed the first part, the part where he changes to she was done okey-ish, then time warp came and I completely lost it. Will I understand and appreciate it more in the future? Have no idea.. For now only 2 stars..
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