Orlando
The Illustrated Edition
Published on 21. May 2026
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-571-39568-2 (ISBN)
Description
Virginia Woolf's dazzling, time-defying novel of love, identity and transformation, brought to life with breathtaking interior art by Varvara Alay.
Different though the sexes are, they intermix. In every human being a vacillation from one sex to the other takes place, and often it is only the clothes that keep the male or female likeness, while underneath the sex is the very opposite of what it is above.
Orlando is a charming nobleman, a poet, and a vessel through which truth is exposed. Born in Elizabethan England, his life spans across centuries. He observes the shifting landscapes of history and time, noting these changes as they come. But one morning, he transforms into a woman.
What begins as a fantastical romp through time becomes a profound meditation on gender, freedom and the fluidity of identity. With wit, lyricism and dazzling imagination, Orlando crafts a gender-defying portrait of a soul unbound by society's labels - a bold rebellion against life's binaries that remains radically modern today.
Different though the sexes are, they intermix. In every human being a vacillation from one sex to the other takes place, and often it is only the clothes that keep the male or female likeness, while underneath the sex is the very opposite of what it is above.
Orlando is a charming nobleman, a poet, and a vessel through which truth is exposed. Born in Elizabethan England, his life spans across centuries. He observes the shifting landscapes of history and time, noting these changes as they come. But one morning, he transforms into a woman.
What begins as a fantastical romp through time becomes a profound meditation on gender, freedom and the fluidity of identity. With wit, lyricism and dazzling imagination, Orlando crafts a gender-defying portrait of a soul unbound by society's labels - a bold rebellion against life's binaries that remains radically modern today.
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Series
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Young adult
Illustrations
black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
515 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-39568-2 (9780571395682)
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Persons
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English writer and one of the most distinguished 20th Century modernist authors. Her novels, through their nonlinear approaches to narrative, exerted a major influence on the genre.
Varvara Alay is a graphic designer and illustrator, whose distinctive style is defined by surrealist motifs, bold colours and abstract shapes. She invents highly detailed and endlessly fascinating worlds that blend fantasy and realism in an intricate web of elaborate characters and majestic patterns.
Varvara Alay is a graphic designer and illustrator, whose distinctive style is defined by surrealist motifs, bold colours and abstract shapes. She invents highly detailed and endlessly fascinating worlds that blend fantasy and realism in an intricate web of elaborate characters and majestic patterns.