The Waves

ISBN: 9789365610451
Author: Virginia Woolf
Number of Pages: 147
Size: A5
Genre: Literary Fiction / Experimental Fiction / Modernist Literature
Edition: First Published 2025

Key Features:

• Modernist masterpiece written in poetic soliloquies
• Explores themes of identity, time, consciousness, and mortality
• Symbolic structure mirroring the ebb and flow of life
• Compact and elegant 147-page paperback edition
• Published under Aedha Imprints by Anubhav Publishers (India)

Description:

The Wave</i> by Virginia Woolf is a groundbreaking and deeply introspective novel that represents the pinnacle of her literary experimentation. Often hailed as one of the most innovative works of modernist fiction, the novel discards traditional narrative form in favor of a lyrical tapestry of voices and thoughts.

Told through a series of interwoven soliloquies by six characters—Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny, and Louis—the story follows their inner lives from childhood to old age. Their voices flow like waves, overlapping and separating, capturing the rhythms of life, the persistence of memory, and the evolution of identity. The sea, ever-present and symbolic, acts as a unifying force—embodying the continuity and impermanence of human experience.

Woolf’s prose in <i>The Wave</i> is poetic, meditative, and richly symbolic. It blurs the boundaries between thought and action, interior and exterior, individuality and universality. A landmark of literary artistry, this novel offers profound insights into the human condition and rewards thoughtful, attentive reading.

This 2025 Indian edition, published by Anubhav Publishers and Distributors under Aedha Imprints, is an essential addition for lovers of experimental fiction, students of modernism, and Woolf enthusiasts.

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