The Waves

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A formally innovative work of modernist fiction, The Waves conveys the full complexity and richness of human experience. Tracing the lives of a group of friends, the novel follows their development from childhood to youth and middle age. While social events, individual achievements and disappointments form its narrative, the novel is most remarkable for the rich poetic language that expresses the inner life of its characters: their aspirations, their triumphs and regrets, their awareness of unity and isolation. Separately and together, they query the relationship of past to present, and the meaning of life itself. 'A book of great beauty and a prose poem of genius' — Stephen Spender 'Full of sensuous touches ... the sounds of her words can be velvet on the page' — Maggie Gee, Daily Telegraph