Virginia Woolf

by Liuba Gabriele, Giulia Gabrielli (Letterer), Stefano Andrea Cresti (Translator)

England, March 1941. Virginia Woolf walks on the banks of the River Ouse. She picks up a stone from the ground, weighs it in the palm of her hand, and watches the water flow. She thinks about the fierce battle taking place in the world and within her. Everything that has accompanied her to that shore lives again in shining images that represent the extreme strength of her feelings, such as passion for her lover Vita Sackville-West, tenderness for her fundamental husband Leonard, and grief for the tremendous family bereavements. Feelings poured into her works, with which she revolutionized literature, going down in history as one of the world's most important writers.

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Genres: Graphic Novels

122 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 30, 2023

Reviews

[Nic · Rating 5 out of 5]

So queer, so sad, so beautifully illustrated. If you love Virginia Woolf and are interested -and familiar with- her complicated relationships, you may want to read this. It is a quick read about her truly tragic love story though it doesn’t feel like it judges or sensationalizes her.

[Sneha Jaiswal · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well, this was a blur! Comixology's Virginia Woolf by Liuba Gabriele is an illustrated biography of the famous English writer and poet, primarily focusing on Virginia's relationship with Vita Sackville-West, with only brief glimpses into her literary career.

Even though it’s been just a few minutes since I finished reading the book and started writing this review, I can barely remember much of it. The art style didn’t resonate with me, though it’s quite nice—simple, crayon-like sketches with pleasant colors. Since art and beauty lie in the eye of the beholder, perhaps other readers will appreciate the artwork more than I did. I picked up this book because I was impressed by a similar illustrated biography on Van Gogh by Comixology—Vincent Van Gogh: Sadness Will Last Forever—which had both compelling art and storytelling.

Virginia Woolf is only 122 pages long, making it a quick read, but the brevity doesn’t do justice to any aspect of Woolf’s life—neither her passionate romances, her writing process, her complex marriage, nor her fragile mental health.