{"product_id":"jacobs-room","title":"Jacobs Zimmer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow much of a life can you know when everyone sees only a part?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a Cornish beach, Betty Flanders writes a letter while her sons play nearby. From this beginning, Virginia Woolf follows Jacob Flanders through Cambridge, London and a journey to Greece. Shy and stubborn, Jacob loves Greek and long walks. His world widens, but the people around him can never quite grasp who he is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Jacob's Room, a mother watches anxiously, friends care without saying much, and women hope for more than Jacob gives. Richard Bonamy, Clara Durrant and Fanny Elmer each see him differently. Woolf rarely lets us look directly into his mind. Instead, short chapters move between places and people, asking how anyone can be understood through glimpses, guesses and gaps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA life in glimpses\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Jacob through brief scenes that reveal him without pretending to explain him completely.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe people who care\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet a watchful mother, reserved friends and women whose hopes Jacob does not always answer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRooms and wider worlds\u003c\/strong\u003e – Step from Cambridge's stone courts into London rooms, dinners, parties and the British Museum.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe pull of Greece\u003c\/strong\u003e – Travel with Jacob toward Athens, a place he dreams of from his school days.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA different novel's shape\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover how sudden shifts and missing pieces turn uncertainty into part of the portrait.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love language, mood and fine observation, and enjoy discovering how a novel can take a different shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and join Betty Flanders on the beach, with her unfinished letter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534691598684,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/09246_en_ebook-front_c07.jpg?v=1792175094","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/de\/products\/jacobs-zimmer","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}