The Hours

The HoursA daring, deeply affecting third novel by the author of A Home at the End of the World and 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

A daring, deeply affecting third novel by the author of A Home at the End of the World and 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 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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 01/15/2000
ISBN: 9780312243029
Pages: 230
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.34h x 5.54w x 0.68d
Award: Boston Book Review - Nominee
Award: Book Sense Book of the Year Award - Nominee
Award: Pulitzer Prize - Winner
Award: International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly Best Books 01/01/1998 pg. 40
Entertainment Weekly 01/14/2000 pg. 69
New York Times 01/23/2000 pg. 32
Entertainment Weekly 05/25/2001 pg. 74

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 31227 / Hours
Reading Level: 6.6 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 9