The Hours by Michael Cunningham
By Michael CunninghamThe Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that became a motion picture starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman, directed by Stephen Daldry from a screenplay by David Hare
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 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 his lifelong 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.
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Book details
- Paperback
- 229 pages
- English
- 0312243022
- 9780312243029
About Michael Cunningham
michael cunningham is the author of the novels a home at the end of the world, flesh and blood, the hours (winner of the pen/faulkner award & pulitzer Read More about Michael Cunningham
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