Adeline: A Novel of Virginia Woolf - Rilegato

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—New York Times Book Review

“[Vincent] can be as perspicuous and exact as Joan Didion or Gloria Steinem at nailing a hitherto disregarded truth about the sexes in a single elegant and witty phrase. . . . This is a brave and often fascinating book, with Vincent . . . offering us perspectives that are entirely fresh and new.”
—The Times (UK)

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—Terry Teachout

"Skillfully rendered and emotionally insightful."—Publisher's Weekly "Readers in search of a crash course on the Bloomsbury circle and the machinations of Woolf's fevered mind will appreciate Vincent's attempts to illuminate both, but her dark portrait of Woolf's agonizing journey through a life marked by psychic pain will hold the most appeal for those already familiar with this sad story of genius and madness."—Kirkus “Adeline is an intimate portrait of a sister, a wife, a woman, and most importantly, an artist. In this vivid, deeply moving novel, Vincent brings us beyond the world of legend directly into the passions, the struggles, the ambitions and finally the genius that is Virginia Woolf.”—Alison Smith, author of Name all the Animals “Adeline deftly walks the fine line between story and scholarship---an entirely fresh reading of Woolf's work, brought alive by a writer of considerable imagination, insight, and skill.”—Marya Hornbacher, author of Wasted and Madness   "Spare, exacting, deeply imagined, Adeline brings us as close as we are likely to get to the secret negotiations that fed Woolf’s art.” —Kathleen Hill, author of Who Occupies This House   “Adeline is a singular feat of the creative imagination in which the reader is taken inside the consciousness of a major artist in a way that is both completely believable and commandingly compelling. It is wholly worthy of its great subject.”—Terry Teachout, author of Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington

"Skillfully rendered and emotionally insightful."—Publisher's Weekly “Adeline is a moving....portrait of what it means to be brilliant and tormented. Understanding Woolf’s darkness is as difficult as understanding some of her work, but Vincent rises to the challenge, creating something beautiful in the process.” —City Journal “Daring...[Vincent’s] psychological approach is intriguing.” —USA Today "Readers in search of a crash course on the Bloomsbury circle and the machinations of Woolf's fevered mind will appreciate Vincent's attempts to illuminate both, but her dark portrait of Woolf's agonizing journey through a life marked by psychic pain will hold the most appeal for those already familiar with this sad story of genius and madness."—Kirkus "[An] electrifyingly good novel....by a master of discomfort." —New Statesman "Norah Vincent’s new novel, Adeline, is a bold portrait of Virginia Woolf from her conception of To the Lighthouse in 1925 to her suicide in 1941...The reader comes to understand Virginia’s complex artistic process and her lifelong struggle with mental illness." —Historical Novel Society “Adeline is an intimate portrait of a sister, a wife, a woman, and most importantly, an artist. In this vivid, deeply moving novel, Vincent brings us beyond the world of legend directly into the passions, the struggles, the ambitions and finally the genius that is Virginia Woolf.”—Alison Smith, author of Name all the Animals “Adeline deftly walks the fine line between story and scholarship---an entirely fresh reading of Woolf's work, brought alive by a writer of considerable imagination, insight, and skill.”—Marya Hornbacher, author of Wasted and Madness   "Spare, exacting, deeply imagined, Adeline brings us as close as we are likely to get to the secret negotiations that fed Woolf’s art.” —Kathleen Hill, author of Who Occupies This House   “Adeline is a singular feat of the creative imagination in which the reader is taken inside the consciousness of a major artist in a way that is both completely believable and commandingly compelling. It is wholly worthy of its great subject.”—Terry Teachout, author of Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington

"Skillfully rendered and emotionally insightful."—Publisher's Weekly "Vincent is a sensitive recorder of a mind's movements as it shifts in and out of inspiration, and as it fights before submitting to despair." —Carlene Bauer, New York Times Book Review “Adeline is a moving....portrait of what it means to be brilliant and tormented. Understanding Woolf’s darkness is as difficult as understanding some of her work, but Vincent rises to the challenge, creating something beautiful in the process.” —City Journal “Daring...[Vincent’s] psychological approach is intriguing.” —USA Today "Readers in search of a crash course on the Bloomsbury circle and the machinations of Woolf's fevered mind will appreciate Vincent's attempts to illuminate both, but her dark portrait of Woolf's agonizing journey through a life marked by psychic pain will hold the most appeal for those already familiar with this sad story of genius and madness."—Kirkus "[An] electrifyingly good novel....by a master of discomfort." —New Statesman "Norah Vincent’s new novel, Adeline, is a bold portrait of Virginia Woolf from her conception of To the Lighthouse in 1925 to her suicide in 1941...The reader comes to understand Virginia’s complex artistic process and her lifelong struggle with mental illness." —Historical Novel Society “Adeline is an intimate portrait of a sister, a wife, a woman, and most importantly, an artist. In this vivid, deeply moving novel, Vincent brings us beyond the world of legend directly into the passions, the struggles, the ambitions and finally the genius that is Virginia Woolf.”—Alison Smith, author of Name all the Animals “Adeline deftly walks the fine line between story and scholarship---an entirely fresh reading of Woolf's work, brought alive by a writer of considerable imagination, insight, and skill.”—Marya Hornbacher, author of Wasted and Madness   "Spare, exacting, deeply imagined, Adeline brings us as close as we are likely to get to the secret negotiations that fed Woolf’s art.” —Kathleen Hill, author of Who Occupies This House   “Adeline is a singular feat of the creative imagination in which the reader is taken inside the consciousness of a major artist in a way that is both completely believable and commandingly compelling. It is wholly worthy of its great subject.”—Terry Teachout, author of Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington

"Skillfully rendered and emotionally insightful."—Publisher's Weekly "Vincent is a sensitive recorder of a mind's movements as it shifts in and out of inspiration, and as it fights before submitting to despair." —Carlene Bauer, New York Times Book Review “Adeline is a moving....portrait of what it means to be brilliant and tormented. Understanding Woolf’s darkness is as difficult as understanding some of her work, but Vincent rises to the challenge, creating something beautiful in the process.” —City Journal “Daring...[Vincent’s] psychological approach is intriguing.” —USA Today “Adeline...[is] a book that brings Virginia Woolf to life in a way no other in recent memory has.” —Bethanne Patrick, Lit Hub "Readers in search of a crash course on the Bloomsbury circle and the machinations of Woolf's fevered mind will appreciate Vincent's attempts to illuminate both, but her dark portrait of Woolf's agonizing journey through a life marked by psychic pain will hold the most appeal for those already familiar with this sad story of genius and madness."—Kirkus "[An] electrifyingly good novel....by a master of discomfort." —New Statesman "Norah Vincent’s new novel, Adeline, is a bold portrait of Virginia Woolf from her conception of To the Lighthouse in 1925 to her suicide in 1941...The reader comes to understand Virginia’s complex artistic process and her lifelong struggle with mental illness." —Historical Novel Society “Adeline is an intimate portrait of a sister, a wife, a woman, and most importantly, an artist. In this vivid, deeply moving novel, Vincent brings us beyond the world of legend directly into the passions, the struggles, the ambitions and finally the genius that is Virginia Woolf.”—Alison Smith, author of Name all the Animals “Adeline deftly walks the fine line between story and scholarship---an entirely fresh reading of Woolf's work, brought alive by a writer of considerable imagination, insight, and skill.”—Marya Hornbacher, author of Wasted and Madness   "Spare, exacting, deeply imagined, Adeline brings us as close as we are likely to get to the secret negotiations that fed Woolf’s art.” —Kathleen Hill, author of Who Occupies This House   “Adeline is a singular feat of the creative imagination in which the reader is taken inside the consciousness of a major artist in a way that is both completely believable and commandingly compelling. It is wholly worthy of its great subject.”—Terry Teachout, author of Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington

"Skillfully rendered and emotionally insightful."—Publisher's Weekly “Adeline is a moving....portrait of what it means to be brilliant and tormented. Understanding Woolf’s darkness is as difficult as understanding some of her work, but Vincent rises to the challenge, creating something beautiful in the process.” —City Journal “Daring...[Vincent’s] psychological approach is intriguing.” —USA Today "Readers in search of a crash course on the Bloomsbury circle and the machinations of Woolf's fevered mind will appreciate Vincent's attempts to illuminate both, but her dark portrait of Woolf's agonizing journey through a life marked by psychic pain will hold the most appeal for those already familiar with this sad story of genius and madness."—Kirkus "[An] electrifyingly good novel....by a master of discomfort." —New Statesman “Adeline is an intimate portrait of a sister, a wife, a woman, and most importantly, an artist. In this vivid, deeply moving novel, Vincent brings us beyond the world of legend directly into the passions, the struggles, the ambitions and finally the genius that is Virginia Woolf.”—Alison Smith, author of Name all the Animals “Adeline deftly walks the fine line between story and scholarship---an entirely fresh reading of Woolf's work, brought alive by a writer of considerable imagination, insight, and skill.”—Marya Hornbacher, author of Wasted and Madness   "Spare, exacting, deeply imagined, Adeline brings us as close as we are likely to get to the secret negotiations that fed Woolf’s art.” —Kathleen Hill, author of Who Occupies This House   “Adeline is a singular feat of the creative imagination in which the reader is taken inside the consciousness of a major artist in a way that is both completely believable and commandingly compelling. It is wholly worthy of its great subject.”—Terry Teachout, author of Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington

“In Adeline we are as close as we are likely to get to the secret negotiations that fed Woolf’s art: the palpable, unmediated past as it laid claim to and shaped the present. Spare, exacting, lyrical and deeply imagined, this is an unforgettable novel that will gather an audience not only of those fascinated by Woolf and the luminaries of Bloomsbury, but by anyone interested in the creative process itself that transforms and threatens the living moment.”—Kathleen Hill, author of Who Occupies This House

“Adeline is an intimate portrait of a sister, a wife, a woman, and most importantly, an artist. In this vivid, deeply moving novel, Vincent brings us beyond the world of legend directly into the passions, the struggles, the ambitions and finally the genius that is Virginia Woolf.”--Alison Smith, author of Name all the Animals “Adeline deftly walks the fine line between story and scholarship---an entirely fresh reading of Woolf's work, brought alive by a writer of considerable imagination, insight, and skill.”—Marya Hornbacher, author of Wasted and Madness   "Spare, exacting, deeply imagined, Adeline brings us as close as we are likely to get to the secret negotiations that fed Woolf’s art.” —Kathleen Hill, author of Who Occupies This House   “Adeline is a singular feat of the creative imagination in which the reader is taken inside the consciousness of a major artist in a way that is both completely believable and commandingly compelling. It is wholly worthy of its great subject.”— Terry Teachout, author of Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington

"Skillfully rendered and emotionally insightful."--Publisher's Weekly "Readers in search of a crash course on the Bloomsbury circle and the machinations of Woolf's fevered mind will appreciate Vincent's attempts to illuminate both, but her dark portrait of Woolf's agonizing journey through a life marked by psychic pain will hold the most appeal for those already familiar with this sad story of genius and madness."--Kirkus “Adeline is an intimate portrait of a sister, a wife, a woman, and most importantly, an artist. In this vivid, deeply moving novel, Vincent brings us beyond the world of legend directly into the passions, the struggles, the ambitions and finally the genius that is Virginia Woolf.”--Alison Smith, author of Name all the Animals “Adeline deftly walks the fine line between story and scholarship---an entirely fresh reading of Woolf's work, brought alive by a writer of considerable imagination, insight, and skill.”—Marya Hornbacher, auth...

Praise for Adeline 
“Adeline deftly walks the fine line between story and scholarship, and succeeds where many books would fail. Rejecting the sentimental image of Woolf as the epitome of tortured artistry, Norah Vincent gives us Woolf as the incomparable scholar and novelist she was. This is an entirely fresh reading of Woolf’s work, brought alive by a writer of considerable imagination, insight, and skill.” — Marya Hornbacher, author of Wasted and Madness  

“Spare, exacting, lyrical and deeply imagined, Adeline is an unforgettable novel that will gather an audience not only of those fascinated by Woolf and the luminaries of Bloomsbury, but of anyone interested in the creative process itself that transforms and threatens the living moment.” — Kathleen Hill, author of Who Occupies This House

“Biographical novels too often run to the obvious, but Adeline is something altogether different, a singular feat of the creative imagination in which the reader is taken inside the consciousness of a major artist in a way that is both completely believable and commandingly compelling. It is wholly worthy of its great subject.” — Terry Teachout, author of Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington