Die große Liebe der Virginia Woolf
KATJA KULIN
Geliebte Orlando / Beloved Orlando. Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West – A Passion
A Biographical Novel, ca. 276 pages
Autumn 2023
Virginia Woolf: pioneer and icon of women’s literature and feminism
Vita Sackville-West: self-determined, queer adventurer, and poet
Kulin tells not only an intimate love story, but of how two great literary women inspire each other artistically and intellectually
„The book for all those who want to better understand the lives and work of these exceptional writers and icons of queer feminism.“BUCH-MAGAZIN
The Story of Virginia Woolf’s Great Love
Virginia Woolf is forty years old and has her later literary success ahead of her when she meets the writer Vita Sackville-West at a dinner in December 1922. After two suicide attempts and a long history of both physical and psychological ailments, she is living in the countryside, supported financially by her husband Leonard.
The adventurous, aristocratic, and graceful Vita Sackville-West seems to be her polar opposite. At just thirty years of age, she is mother to two children and enjoys a happy, open marriage with her bisexual husband and has already seen literary success. Risqué rumours circulate about Vita’s affairs with women.
“Beloved Orlando” tells a stirring story of love, friendship and sexual liberation. Above all, it is the book for everyone who wants to better understand the life and work of these exceptional writers and icons of queer feminism.
Geliebte Orlando / Beloved Orlando. Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West – A Passion
A Biographical Novel, ca. 276 pages
Autumn 2023
Virginia Woolf: pioneer and icon of women’s literature and feminism
Vita Sackville-West: self-determined, queer adventurer, and poet
Kulin tells not only an intimate love story, but of how two great literary women inspire each other artistically and intellectually
„The book for all those who want to better understand the lives and work of these exceptional writers and icons of queer feminism.“BUCH-MAGAZIN
The Story of Virginia Woolf’s Great Love
Virginia Woolf is forty years old and has her later literary success ahead of her when she meets the writer Vita Sackville-West at a dinner in December 1922. After two suicide attempts and a long history of both physical and psychological ailments, she is living in the countryside, supported financially by her husband Leonard.
The adventurous, aristocratic, and graceful Vita Sackville-West seems to be her polar opposite. At just thirty years of age, she is mother to two children and enjoys a happy, open marriage with her bisexual husband and has already seen literary success. Risqué rumours circulate about Vita’s affairs with women.
“Beloved Orlando” tells a stirring story of love, friendship and sexual liberation. Above all, it is the book for everyone who wants to better understand the life and work of these exceptional writers and icons of queer feminism.
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Katja Kulin
Katja Kulin was born in Bochum in 1974, and since mid-2018 has lived in a small village in the Voreifel region. She has a degree in German and...
Katja Kulin was born in Bochum in 1974, and since mid-2018 has lived in a small village in the Voreifel region. She has a degree in German and education studies, and writes novels, fictional biographies and non-fiction books. She also works as an editor. Her published works include the biographies Gala Éluard. Muse der Surrealisten und die große Liebe Salvador Dalís (2019), Marlene Dietrich. Von Kopf bis Fuß auf Leben eingestellt (2016) and Irmgard Keun. Nach Mitternacht ein Leben (2015) as...