Material Extra. Woolf, Al faro

Virginia Woolf, Al faro

The truth was that he did not enjoy family life. It was in this sort of state that one asked oneself, What does one live for? Why, one asked oneself, does one take all these pains for the human race to go on? Is it so very desirable? Are we attractive as a species? No so very, he thought, looking at those rather untidy boys. (97)

La verdad es que él no disfrutaba la vida familiar. Era en ese tipo de situaciones cuando uno se preguntaba, ¿para qué vive uno? Uno se preguntaba, ¿porqué uno se toma tantas molestias para que la raza humana siga existiendo? ¿Es eso tan deseable? ¿Somos atractivos como especie? No tanto, pensó, mirando a esos niños algo desaseados.

Woolf, V. (1992). To the Lighthouse. Penguin.