Orlando: A Biography

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Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf helped introduce Modernist thinking into human consciousness and, as it has been read by subsequent generations, has been a source of feminist, gender, race, and class theory. As we approach the book's centennial, this unique edition of Orlando: A Biography was illustrated & interpreted by contemporary collage artists under the art direction of Nancy Bernardo and Christopher Kurts. Bernardo wrote, "Orlando is a unique book that crosses the boundaries of gender roles and relationships, paralleling Woolf’s own complex feelings of heterosexual conformity, her role as a wife, and her affair with Vita Sackville-West." Woolf’s exploration of gender, time, and self-discovery creates a world and a character that is truly “transhistorical, transsexual, translinear, and transient.”

In the introduction, "Epistemology, Modernism, & Collage," Ric Kasini Kadour considers how the text has been read and its impact on Modernism as an epistemological epoch. He wrote, "Orlando: A Biography rewires human consciousness the way collage does. Collage routinely combines scales, materials, and visual languages as effortlessly as Woolf does with gender, geography, class, and time."

This new version of the classic 19th century novel features thirty-seven illustrations by International Collage Artists who created thought-provoking artworks that reflect the essence of Woolf's novel in a 21st century context.

DETAILS
Text by Virginia Woolf
Art Direction by Nancy Bernardo and Christopher Kurts
Introduction by Ric Kasini Kadour
Contributing Artists: Jean Dobbs Fonvielle, M. M. Dupay, Rowan Ericksson, Kathryn Geismar, Christopher Kurts, Maryam Hosseinnia, Whitney Humphries, Mercedes Jones, Seoryung Park, Rebecca Steiner, Justyna Tuchorska
2026 | 200 pages | 9"x6" | ISBN 978-1-927587-78-2

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