{"product_id":"9781784870843","title":"The Waves (Vintage Classics Woolf Series)","description":"\u003cb\u003eVirginia Woolf wanted to write about the vast unknown uncertain   continent that is the world and us in it' Jeanette Winterson, from her   introduction to \u003ci\u003eThe Waves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     \u003ci\u003eThe Waves\u003c\/i\u003e is an   astonishingly beautiful and poetic novel. It begins with six children playing   in a garden by the sea and follows their lives as they grow up and experience   friendship, love and grief at the death of their beloved friend   Percival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     Weaving together soliloquies from the novel's six characters, Woolf   delicately and expertly explores universal concepts such as individuality,   the self, and community. A novel still as poignant today as it was when   written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     \u003cb\u003eRegarded by many as her greatest work, \u003ci\u003eThe Waves\u003c\/i\u003e   is also seen as Virginia Woolf's response to the loss of her brother Thoby,   who died when he was twenty-six.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Virginia Woolf","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":50139679752549,"sku":"9781784870843","price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/2651\/2997\/files\/BNCImageAPI_3fc8bf49-669a-4ae0-ac94-13bc6a5fcbe1.jpg?v=1768585401","url":"https:\/\/www.commonplaceingersoll.ca\/products\/9781784870843","provider":"Commonplace Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}