Sharyle
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Priya Parmar:
I just finished Vanessa and Her Sister and enjoyed it tremendously. You (re)created the Bloomsbury group and brought them to life for me. What inspired you to write this book and to use the diary and letter format?
Priya Parmar
Hi Sharyle, I am so pleased you enjoyed the novel! I was inspired to write the novel after reading one of Vanessa Bell's letters. Her voice was so modern and vibrant and messy and alive. She just stepped off the page as a character for me. I became a bit obsessed and fell down the Bloomsbury rabbit hole. I chose this format because they are so closely associated with diaries and letters. That is how they lived in my imagination. Thank you for getting in touch!
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Lady19thc
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Priya Parmar:
I am reading Vanessa and Her Sister right now and loving it! Being more of a 19th century literature fan you have whetted my appetite for VW! Very well written and am curious...was Virginia really that unstable and emotional/hard to control? Do you recommend any bios on the Bloomsbury Group?
Lisa of Hopewell
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Priya Parmar:
I, too, am loving Vanessa. I liked the comment about her voice being so "modern." There really is nothing new under the sun--her she is vibrant, talented, in love with her husband and sharing "our" conflicts of how to give our child, our spouse, ourself "enough." Would you consider editing a collection of her letters from those archives you mention?
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Feb 17, 2015 06:45AM · flag