To the Lighthouse

To the Lighthouse is at once a vivid impressionistic depiction of a family, the Ramseys, whose annual summer holiday in Scotland falls under the shadow of war, and a meditation on marriage, on parenthood and childhood, on grief, tyranny and bitterness. The novel's use of stream of consciousness, reminiscence and shifting perspectives gives it an intimate, poetic essence, and at the time of publication in 1927 it represented an utter rejection of all that had gone before. This beautiful, collectable edition features a cover illustrated by Alison Bechdel, The New York Times bestselling author of Fun Home , and a new foreword by the inimitable Patricia Lockwood.