NoSignpostsintheSeathewriter&thenarratorborn1892KnoleCastleborn18921913getsmarriedwithHaroldNicholsonsame-sexrelationshipVirginiaWoolfOrlandoborn1892born18921913getsmarriedtheHawthorndonPrize19271933theHawthorndonPrizeborn18921913getsmarriedtheHawthorndonPrize1927dies19621933theHawthorndonPrize1961NoSignpostsintheSeaV.Sackville-WestAprolific（多產(chǎn)旳）

writerOneoftheBritain’spromisingyoungwritersinthe1920sWellknownnovelsHeritage

(1919)ThirtyClocksStriketheHour

(1932)TheDragoninShallowWaters

(1921)FamilyHistory

(1932)TheHeir

(1922)TheDarkIsland

(1934)Challenge

(1923)GrandCanyon

(1942)GreyWaters

(1923)DevilatWestease

(1947)SeducersinEcuador

(1924)TheEasterParty

(1953)PassengertoTeheran

(1926)

TheEdwardians

(1930)

AllPassionSpent

(1931)TheDeathofNobleGodavaryandGottfriedKünstler

(1932)NoSignpostsintheSea

(1961)WellknownnovelsTheEdwardians

(1930)《愛德華時代》AllPassionSpent

(1931)《耗盡旳激情》PoetryChatterton

(1909)ADancingElf

(1912)Constantinople:EightPoems

(1915)PoemsofWestandEast

(1917)OrchardandVineyard

(1921)TheLand

(1926)(the

HawthorndenPrize

in1927)King'sDaughter(1929)Sissinghurst

(1931)InvitationtoCastoutCare

(1931)CollectedPoems(the

HawthorndenPrize

in1933)Solitude

(1938)TheGarden

(1946)Shebecamethefirstwriterwhowontheawardtwicesuccessively.Biographies/OtherworksPassengertoTeheran

(1926)KnoleandtheSackvilles

(1922)SaintJoanofArc

(1936)Pepita

(1937)TheEagleandTheDove

(1943)TwelveDaysWritingfeaturesStreamofconsciousnessBackgroundNoSignpostsintheSeaThenovelwaswrittenbySackville-West.ItwasintheformofajournalnarratedbyEdmundCarr.BackgroundSackville-West'sillnessSackville-West'scruiseBackgroundThenovelwasfirstpublishedin1961.ItwasVitaSackville-West'sfinalnovelbeforeherdeathin1962,anditwasafittingfarewell.BackgroundSackville-Westspentseveralmonthseachyearwithherhusband,HaroldNicolson,cruisingtheMediterranean,thePacificortheWestIndia.InthenovelEdmundCarralsohadashorttimetolive.HedecidedtoleavehisjobandtookaPacificcruise.So,thecruiseinthenovelwasbasedonthecruisethatSackville-Westtookin1959.BackgroundBackgroundThenovelrevealedSackville-West’sopinionsandthoughtsaboutlove,marriageandidealrelationship:mutualrespect,independence,separatebedroomsandthesamesenseofvalues.TheNarratoroftheNoSignpostsintheSeaHeisseriouslyill,andhasalimitedtimetolivesohedecidestohaveavoyageontheseatoexperienceanotherkindoffreeandeasylife.Whoisthenarrator?EdmundCarr,amiddleagedjournalistwhowrotepoliticalarticles,apoliticalcommentatorTheNarratoroftheNoSignpostsintheSeaChangeshappentothenarratormaterialistmentalistTheNarratoroftheNoSignpostsintheSeaChangeshappentothenarratorHeusedtobedismissive,arrogant,pragmaticandindifferent.Nowheissentimental,sensitiveandfriendly.TheNarratoroftheNoSignpostsintheSeaChangeshappentothenarratorHeusedtoonlycareaboutpoliticalaffairs.Nowhecherishesthebeautyofthelife