Virginia Woolf

"Virginia Woolf was my mother's sister. In 1964, some twenty years after Virginia's death, my uncle Leonard wrote me saying that there were people willing to write her biography. He felt compelled to invite them to lunch to convince them that they didn't, which was a bummer... Then he suggested that I deal with it". With these simple words, Quentin Bell inaugurates one of the best biographical works of the 20th century, and with the same ease he recounts in great detail the life of a woman who today is a myth of contemporary literature. Thanks to his special relationship with the author and the help of valuable documents, hitherto unpublished, Quentin Bell was able to draw a unique portrait in which irony and even humor rub shoulders comfortably with historical accuracy. This biography is already a classic, its pages still preserve intact the voice of a woman who lived and wrote with the talent that distinguishes geniuses.