The Hours |
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Author:
| Cunningham, Michael |
ISBN: | 978-0-374-17289-3 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1998 |
Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $23.00 |
Book Description:
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A daring, deeply affecting third novel by the author of
A Home at the End of the Worldand
Flesh and Blood. In
The Hours, Michael Cunningham, widely praised as one of the most gifted writers of his generation, draws inventively on the life and work of Virginia Woolf to tell the story of a group of contemporary characters struggling with the conflicting claims of love and inheritance, hope and despair. The narrative of Woolf's last days before her...
More DescriptionA daring, deeply affecting third novel by the author ofA Home at the End of the WorldandFlesh and Blood.
InThe Hours, Michael Cunningham, widely praised as one of the most gifted writers of his generation, draws inventively on the life and work of Virginia Woolf to tell the story of a group of contemporary characters struggling with the conflicting claims of love and inheritance, hope and despair. The narrative of Woolf's last days before her suicide early in World War II counterpoints the fictional stories of Samuel, a famous poet whose life has been shadowed by his talented and troubled mother, and hislifelong friend Clarissa, who strives to forge a balanced and rewarding life in spite of the demands of friends, lovers, and family.
Passionate, profound, and deeply moving, this is Cunningham's most remarkable achievement to date.
The Hours is the winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.