An edition of The hours (1998)

The Hours

A Novel

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An edition of The hours (1998)

The Hours

A Novel

  • 3.5 (6 ratings) ·
  • 95 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 7 Have read

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 Richard, 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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Language
English
Pages
230

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Die Stunden
Die Stunden: Roman
2006-09, btb
Taschenbuch in German - Einmalige Sonderausgabe
Cover of: The hours
The hours
2002, Farrar,Straus and Giroux, Picador USA, Distributed by Holtzbrinck Publishers
in English
Cover of: Les Heures / The Hours
Les Heures / The Hours
October 2001, Pocket (FR)
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: The hours
The hours
2000, Picador USA, Distributed by Holtzbrinck Publishers
in English
Cover of: The Hours
The Hours: A Novel
January 15, 2000, Picador
Paperback in English
Cover of: The hours
The hours
1999, Fourth Estate
in English
Cover of: The hours
The hours
1999, G.K. Hall, Chivers Press
in English
Cover of: The hours
The hours
1998, Farrar, Straus, Giroux
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: The hours
The hours
1998, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
in English
Cover of: The Hours
The Hours: A Novel
November 11, 1998, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English

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First Sentence

"She hurries from the house, wearing a coat too heavy for the weather."

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Open Library
OL7423112M
Internet Archive
hours00cunnx
ISBN 10
0374172897
ISBN 13
9780374172893
Library Thing
5163
Goodreads
598662

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