Violet to Vita: The Letters of Violet Trefusis to Vita Sackville-West, 1910-1921
10 best books like Violet to Vita: The Letters of Violet Trefusis to Vita Sackville-West, 1910-1921 (John Phillips): Orlando, To the Lighthouse, Gravity's Rainbow, Dare Me, Portrait of a Marriage: Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States, In the Distance, The Waves, Buddhism With An Attitude: The Tibetan Seven-Point Mind Training, Deceived With Kindness
| Author | Virginia Woolf |
| ISBN | 0141184272 |
Virginia Woolf's Orlando 'The longest and most charming love letter in literature', playfully constructs the figure of Orlando as the fictional embodiment of Woolf's close friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West. Spanning three centuries, the novel opens as Orlando, a young nobleman in Elizabeth's...
The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assorted guests are on holiday on the Isle of Skye. From the seemingly trivial postponement of a visit to a nearby lighthouse, Woolf constructs a remarkable, moving examination of the complex tensions and...
| Author | Thomas Pynchon |
| ISBN | 0143039946 |
Advice for a first time reader of Gravity's Rainbow:
Gravity's Rainbow is a book you either love or hate, and if you hate it it's probably because you couldn't finish the damn thing. Though by no means impenetrable, the novel is daunting enough to merit a list of tips for those wishing to tackle...
| Author | Megan Abbott |
| ISBN | 0316097772 |
"Lord of the Flies set in a high school cheerleading squad...Tense, dark, and beautifully written." --Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl
Addy Hanlon has always been Beth Cassidy's best friend and trusted lieutenant. Beth calls the shots and Addy carries them out, a long-established order...
Portrait of a Marriage: Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson
| Author | Nigel Nicolson |
| ISBN | 0226583570 |
Vita Sackville-West, novelist, poet, and biographer, is best known as the friend of Virginia Woolf, who transformed her into an androgynous time-traveler in Orlando. The story of Sackville-West's marriage to Harold Nicolson is one of intrigue and bewilderment. In Portrait of a Marriage, their...
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
| Author | Daniel Immerwahr |
| ISBN | 0374172145 |
A pathbreaking history of the United States' overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empire
We are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states. And we are also familiar with the idea that the United States is an "empire," exercising power around the world. But what about the actual...
| Author | Hernán Díaz |
| ISBN | 1566894883 |
A young Swedish boy finds himself penniless and alone in California. He travels east in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great push to the west. Driven back over and over again on his journey through vast expanses, Håkan meets naturalists, criminals, religious fanatics, Indians,...
| Author | Virginia Woolf |
| ISBN | 0156949601 |
Set on the coast of England against the vivid background of the sea, The Waves introduces six characters—three men and three women—who are grappling with the death of a beloved friend, Percival. Instead of describing their outward expressions of grief, Virginia Woolf draws her characters from...
| Author | B. Alan Wallace |
| ISBN | 1559392002 |
All of us have attitudes. Some of them accord with reality and serve us well throughout the course of our lives. Others are out of alignment with reality and cause us problems. Tibetan Buddhist practice isn't just sitting in silent meditation, it's developing fresh attitudes that align our minds with...
| Author | Angelica Garnett |
| ISBN | 0712662669 |
Angelica Garnett may truly be called a child of Bloomsbury. Her Aunt was Virginia Woolf, her mother Vanessa Bell, and her father Duncan Grant, though for many years Angelica believed herself, naturally enough, the daughter of Vanessa's husband Clive.
Her childhood homes, Charleston in...
Vita: The Life of Vita Sackville-West
| Author | Victoria Glendinning |
The Hon Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson, CH (9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962), best known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author, poet and gardener. She won the Hawthornden Prize in 1927 and 1933. She was known for her exuberant aristocratic life, her passionate affair with the novelist...
