{"product_id":"virginia-woolfs-mrs-dalloway-bookmarked-paperback","title":"Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway: Bookmarked - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobin Black\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This astonishing new book, by the brilliant Robin Black is an intimate meditation on reading and writing, aftermath and possibility, the tension between the never-stable, endlessly interpretable depths of a book and the fragility of life, the finality of death. I emerged from this breathtaking work with a transformed understanding of both Woolf's masterpiece and the stream of consciousness in which we swim, \"together and alone.\"--\u003cb\u003eKaren Russell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Reading Robin Black's astute and enlightening meditation on \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e is like eavesdropping on a mesmerizing literary conversation, but one in which the participants are not two readers but a reader and a masterpiece. Black threads the very moving story of her own evolution as a writer through the exquisite fabric of Woolf's great novel, and the result will fascinate everyone who cares about the craft of fiction.\"--\u003cb\u003eAnn Packer \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I loved reading Robin Black's take on \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e. She generously shares details of her own life that offer an example of how a great book stays with a person, and goes deep into the intricacies of important craft aspects of the text, illuminating its brilliance. It's a privilege to read alongside her.\"--\u003cb\u003eAlice Elliot Dark \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Through Black's gorgeous blend of personal narrative and incisive close reading, Virginia Woolf's novel becomes again fresh and contemporary, while at the same time deeper in its mysteries. I finished this Bookmarked knowing more about myself as a woman, reader, and writer.\" --\u003cb\u003ePamela Erens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"At fifty-nine, I am now the age Virginia Woolf was when she took that final, heavy-pocketed walk into The River Ouse. I am the age at which she killed herself, and I am not going to kill myself; but I was by no means always sure of that.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered Virginia Woolf's greatest novel, \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a single day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a high society woman in post World War I England. As she is preoccupied with the last-minute details of dinner party, Clarissa is flooded with remembrances of the past, in the process reexamining the choices she has made, as well as looking toward old age. Written in a stream of consciousness style, \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most important novels in literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this deeply personal volume, Robin Black writes about Woolf's \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e, a book she returned to again and again when she began writing at nearly forty and found herself gaining a sense of emotional stability for the first time in her life. For two decades, \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e has been Black's partner in a crucial, ongoing conversation about writing and about the emotional life. Now, Black takes a deep dive into both the craft of the book, what a writer might learn from its mechanics, and also into the humanity to be found on every page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobin Black's story collection, \u003ci\u003eIf I loved you, I would tell you this\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the Frank O'Connor International Story Prize, and named a Best Book of 2010 by numerous publications, including the \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novel, \u003ci\u003eLife Drawing\u003c\/i\u003e, was longlisted for ​the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, the Impac Dublin Literature Prize, and the Folio Prize. Her fiction has been translated into Italian, French, German, and Dutch.​ Robin's most recent book is \u003ci\u003eCrash Course: Essays From Where Writing And Life Collide\u003ci\u003e. Robin's work can be found in such publications as \u003ci\u003eOne Story, The New York Times Book Review, The Chicago Tribune, Southern Review, The Rumpus, O. Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler UK\u003ci\u003e, and numerous anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eThe Best Creative Nonfiction Vol. I\u003c\/i\u003e (Norton) and \u003ci\u003eThe Best of the Bellevue Literary Review.\u003c\/i\u003e Robin lives with her husband in Philadelphia and teaches in the Rutgers-Camden MFA Program.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.95 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767957389600,"sku":"9781632461339","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/df1ae3902b94322268f40de96b42d3a1.webp?v=1780321493","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/virginia-woolfs-mrs-dalloway-bookmarked-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}