A novel published in 1931, "The Waves" is one of the most ambitious literary endeavors of Virginia Woolf (1882-1941). Located in a coastal town in England rocked by the constant murmur of the sea, the work is articulated around the flow of consciousness of six friends with very different temperaments and expectations, and a seventh -Percival-, absent, whose presence gradually takes shape. through the evocations of others. Throughout the period from sunrise to sunset, Virginia Woolf composes a singular group portrait that, like an impressionist painting, ends up taking full shape through successive layers such as those suggested by the incessant beating of the sun. of the waves that give the work its title. Translation by José Luis López Muñoz.