Perhaps this counts as the shortest story I have read.
Virginia Woolf' Kew Gardens invokes a myriad of sentiments, but I must say that this is not her best work. But then again, one is not compelled to write with flair at all times.
The experience was overall slightly enjoyable.
Kew GardensVirginia Woolf · Royal Botanic Gardens · 201539 okunma
...words with short wings for their heavy body of meaning,inadequate to carry them far and thus alighting awkwardly upon the very common objects that surrounded them.
Kew Gardens was written by Virginia. Virginia Woolf, who is against living Victorian style, also writes this in her works. According to the period she lived, her literature trend is modernism. She uses the style of stream of consciousness. Firstly, the title is itself important. Kew Garden is showed as a reference to The Royal Botanic Gardens in
Öykünün çevirisini Tezgah Dergisi'nin 5. sayısında kitapçık olarak vermişler. Ben de bu sayede Woolf ile küçük de olsa tanışmış oldum.
Öyküde çok güzel doğa betimlemeleri var. Adından da anlaşılacağı gibi Kew Bahçeleri' nden bahsediliyor. İnsan betimlemeleri ve ufak diyaloglar olsa da hepsi adeta doğanın içinde kayboluyor.
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Kew GardensVirginia Woolf · Royal Botanic Gardens · 201539 okunma