A review by eeshvar_
Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf

5.0



"For I hear music, they were saying. Music wakes us. Music makes us see the hidden, join the broken. Look and listen. See the flowers, how they ray their redness, whiteness, silverness and blue. And the trees with their many-tongued much syllabling, their green and yellow leaves hustle us and shuffle us, and bid us, like the starlings, and the rooks, come together, crowd together, to chatter and make merry while the red cow moves forwards and the black cow stands still."
It may seem as though this book has an obscure plot, and at first I thought so too. I thought this would be another rambling book filled with descriptions, with no real substance, or point. However, although a great deal of this story is a description of the beautiful countryside, where the family of Pointz Hall reside, there is a deeper meaning that must be uncovered by the audience. Woolf is a magnificent writer, she brings the setting to life, her work is so very lyrical and beautiful. She moves between poetry, prose, and theatre seamlessly, all the while commenting on the social expectations we face. Woolf manages to bring us all together in the most unexpected way, demonstrating how we are one in and amongst the chaos. Discord unites us.