[books 2016] Orlando
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inulro37. Orlando by Virginia Woolf
This month's book club selection. It was my nomination. I saw the film back when it came out but couldn't remember a thing about it. I was interested in it less for the gender swap than for the living forever element. (My favourite Sandman story is Hob Gadling). And then I remembered that I hate the Bloomsbury Set and everything they stand for.
Again, I was pleasantly surprised. Nobody told me that it's funny. And although it's generally classed as literary fiction, it's definitely fantasy. Aside from Orlando changing gender and living for 400 years, the geography is definitely of the next parallel world over.
Also, from a historical perspective she gets a number of things right - Orlando's stately home being effectively a working village is the only one I can remember now.
The description of the frost fair is gorgeous yet ridiculous. The description of the 19th century had me laughing like a loon in a random coffee shop.
It's difficult to read because there aren't a lot of paragraphs, and I kept having to stop and giving my brain a chance to compile, so it took longer than I planned for but was also way more rewarding than I thought it would be.
This month's book club selection. It was my nomination. I saw the film back when it came out but couldn't remember a thing about it. I was interested in it less for the gender swap than for the living forever element. (My favourite Sandman story is Hob Gadling). And then I remembered that I hate the Bloomsbury Set and everything they stand for.
Again, I was pleasantly surprised. Nobody told me that it's funny. And although it's generally classed as literary fiction, it's definitely fantasy. Aside from Orlando changing gender and living for 400 years, the geography is definitely of the next parallel world over.
Also, from a historical perspective she gets a number of things right - Orlando's stately home being effectively a working village is the only one I can remember now.
The description of the frost fair is gorgeous yet ridiculous. The description of the 19th century had me laughing like a loon in a random coffee shop.
It's difficult to read because there aren't a lot of paragraphs, and I kept having to stop and giving my brain a chance to compile, so it took longer than I planned for but was also way more rewarding than I thought it would be.
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Date: 2016-08-15 06:00 pm (UTC)