Virginia Woolf's most unusual and fantastic creation, a funny, exuberant tale that examines the very nature of sexuality.As his tale begins, Orlando is a passionate young nobleman whose days are spent in rowdy revelry, filled with the colourful delights of Queen Elizabeth's court. By the close, he will have transformed into a modern, thirty-six-year-old woman and three centuries will have passed. Orlando will not only witness the making of history from its edge, but will find that his unique position as a woman who knows what it is to be a man will give him insight into matters of the heart."Орландо", самое необычное и фантастическое творение Вирджинии Вульф - забавная, жизнерадостная история, исследующая саму природу сексуальности.Когда начинается его рассказ, Орландо - страстный молодой дворянин, чьи дни проходят в шумном разгуле, наполненном красочными удовольствиями двора королевы Елизаветы. К концу он превратится в современную тридцатишестилетнюю женщину, и пройдет три столетия. Орландо не только станет свидетелем того, как вершится история, но и обнаружит, что его уникальное положение женщины, которая знает, что значит быть мужчиной, даст ему представление о сердечных делах.Книга на английском языке.
Virginia Woolf's most unusual and fantastic creation, a funny, exuberant tale that examines the very nature of sexuality.As his tale begins, Orlando is a passionate young nobleman whose days are spent in rowdy revelry, filled with the colourful delights of Queen Elizabeth's court. By the close, he will have transformed into a modern, thirty-six-year-old woman and three centuries will have passed. Orlando will not only witness the making of history from its edge, but will find that his unique position as a woman who knows what it is to be a man will give him insight into matters of the heart."Orlando", samoe neobychnoe i fantasticheskoe tvorenie Virdzhinii Vulf - zabavnaya, zhizneradostnaya istoriya, issleduyushchaya samu prirodu seksualnosti.Kogda nachinaetsya ego rasskaz, Orlando - strastnyy molodoy dvoryanin, chi dni prokhodyat v shumnom razgule, napolnennom krasochnymi udovolstviyami dvora korolevy Elizavety. K kontsu on prevratitsya v sovremennuyu tridtsatishestiletnyuyu zhenshchinu, i proydet tri stoletiya. Orlando ne tolko stanet svidetelem togo, kak vershitsya istoriya, no i obnaruzhit, chto ego unikalnoe polozhenie zhenshchiny, kotoraya znaet, chto znachit byt muzhchinoy, dast emu predstavlenie o serdechnykh delakh.Kniga na angliyskom yazyke.
