The Waves

Intensely visionary yet absorbed with the everyday; experimental, daring and challenging,The Wavesis regarded by many as Virginia Woolfs greatest achievement. It follows a set of six friends from childhood to middle age as they experience the world around them and explore who they are and what it means to be alive. As the contours of their lives are revealed, a unique novel is slowly unveiled. Enfolded within Woolfs lyrical and mysterious language, the mundane takes on a startling new significance while distant pasts are no less in play than the clamorous sounds and kaleidoscopic sights of the modern city. Yet precisely where the alluringly enigmatic pages ofTheWavesare leading, and what deeper meanings are held within its undulant chapters and shimmering interludes, are questions that have never ceased to enthral readers and critics alike.

In this new edition David Bradshaw considers the spellbinding oddness and originality ofThe Waves, helping the reader to negotiate a way though this most poetic and haunting of novels.