Orlando (2012, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company)
352 pages
English language
Published Nov. 26, 2012 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
In her most exuberant, most fanciful novel, Woolf has created a character liberated from the restraints of time and sex. Born in the Elizabethan Age to wealth and position, Orlando is a young nobleman at the beginning of the story-and a modern woman three centuries later.
I found it pleasant to read, and quite refreshing.
The "turn" of centuries, when all of a sudden systemic change occurs (including climate changes) I found a special treat.
Weirdly, I thought this book would be gayer. It took a really really long time to get to the exciting part: the gender change. I'm trying to read all of Woolf's works, and I am glad I read this one. Still... I wasn't as impressed as I thought I would be.
