Virginia Woolf: Flush
By hanne on Nov 13, 2010 | In Uncategorized
A biography of a dog.
As I understand this dog has lived and a big part of the external facts are correct, but she didn't know it that closely and a lot of it is made up.
However it is written as a biography, from the dog's point of view. Being a sucker for animals and especially cats and dogs, I probably miss some of the supposed irony and actually finds it very sad when something bad happens to the poor thing. Still it is a well written book that describes some things about the period she lived in, the people in upper class London, and how much have changed in the way we keep pets. Frontline, for one thing. My cat and I think it the best invention in our time (well in my time, it was before his).
Anyway it is probably her most lighthearted book and it is not difficult to read.
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