Jacob's Room

di Virginia Woolf (Autore)

Sophie Roberts (Narratore)

SNR Audio, 2026

'It is no use trying to sum people up.' First published in 1922 and heavily inspired by the work of James Joyce, Virginia Woolf's Jacob's Room marks a bold turning point in modern literature. Told almost exclusively through other characters' perceptions, conversations and memories, Woolf's groundbreaking novel centres around Jacob Flanders, a young man whose identity is difficult to grasp. Rather than presenting a conventional biography, Woolf assembles Jacob's presence from absence, evoking an air of emptiness and mystery, set against the haunting shadow of the First World War. With its fluid shifts of perspective and experimental prose, Jacob's Room established Woolf as a leading voice of literary modernism. At once elegiac and daringly innovative, it is a profound exploration of youth, loss and the sometimes-intangible essence of a human life. Virginia Woolf (1882 – 1941) was one of the most significant novelists of the twentieth century. A modernist writer and progressive thinker, she is known for her stream of consciousness narrative style and influence on feminist criticism. Her works have been translated into over fifty languages and are widely read and adapted to this day.

• Autore: Virginia Woolf
• Narratore: Sophie Roberts
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 06:24:05
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: SNR Audio
• Lingua: Inglese
• EAN: 9781836771357