Annotation
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 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 Hoursis the winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Awards
1999 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
1998 New York Times Notable Books of the Year
1999 Pulitzer Prize
1999 Stonewall Book Awards
2000 American Library Association Notable Books
1999 Publishing Triangle Awards
Characters
| Name | Woolf, Virginia |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Traits | Married |
| Mentally ill | |
| Name | Brown, Laura |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation | Housewife |
| Traits | Married |
| Mother | |
| Pregnant | |
| Name | Vaughan, Clarissa |
| Gender | Female |
| Traits | Bisexual |
| Partnered | |
| Mother | |
| Genre | Historical Biographical Psychological Cinematization Fiction |
| Topics | Husbands and wives Friendship Coping skills Mental illness AIDS Suicide |
| Setting | London, England Los Angeles, California Greenwich Village, New York |