Synopsis
The subtle complexities of Virginia Woolf’s essay ‘On Being Ill’ continues to resonate for a new generation of readers today. On Being Ill is a valuable book for everybody who wants to connect with illness through art and literature and look at it from a different perspective. Woolf’s original essay was first published exactly 100 years ago in 2026. In this collection contemporary authors reflect on this poignant work.
About the author(s)
Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) was an English writer and one of the most influential 20th-century modernist authors. Woolf wrote the titular essay ‘On Being Ill’ in 1926, shortly after a worldwide pandemic.
Contributors may include Stephen Fry, Ruby Wax, Matt Haigg, Emma Barnett as well as Sinead Gleeson, Jameisha Prescod, Lucia Oborne-Crowley, Sally Bayley, and more.
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