[Vwoolf] "Virginia Woolf, sports icon"?⚽?

[Marie Claire Boisset]

Dear all:

Surprised, not to say "dumbfounded", to read this title found on the first
page of the *TLS* in the mail (Nov. 8, 2024!):  "Keeping score: A
professional footballer's literary debt to Virginia Woolf" (p. 26).

Indeed a (very) loose, disconnected connection: the author of *The Striker
and the Clock: *
*A beautiful game *(Bloomsbury, London, July 2024), Georgia Cloepfil (as
commented upon by Devoney Looser), has *The Waves* (1931) as a "literary
touchstone" & one of her top 5 favorite novels in her sport memoir,
*Percival* being the "striker".

Hope this might help bring a smile with your cup of tea or coffee.
And hope you are enjoying the festive build-up season - no matter what.

Thank you. 😊🌞

Kind regards,


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