Kew Gardens

It's like being there.It's the past.It's the present.It's forever.I love this tiny book.I read it over and over.

The art of Virginia Woolf gathers in this small yet profoundly moving observation of the cycle of life. A garden in July becomes a canvas upon which Woolf paints a new and haunting picture of her intricate perspective. Flowers seem more like immense stained glass windows from the vantage point of the snail making its way through a flower bed. Minute clips of towering passersby illustrate the human experience where so much is anything but what it appears to be on the surface. The flower bed magically transforms through the hypnotic prose becoming an endless landscape of challenge, yet more importantly a sacred cathedral wherein the vulnerable snail, a methaphor for the individual, carefully negotiates life inside the surrounding looming beauty. This story crys to be read out loud, and when it is, it shines and verifies the genius of its conception.

I was told to read this as a way of seeing how a classic author handled changing time frames. Although this short story does show characters going back into their pasts via their memories, I feel this is done in a rather clunky way. The descriptions of the gardens too are complex and hard to follow. I don't like this writer.

Useful info. About Kew and an enjoyable read.

Prompt and efficient sevice. Very pleased.

I was really disappointed as for me the story which I have long wanted to read (and is hard to find) is ruined by being over illustrated.

A treasure of a book!