The Hours
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Hours presents a masterful triptych of women whose lives, separated by time and circumstance, resonate with the echoes of Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway. This poignant work of literary fiction chronicles a single day in the lives of a 1920s author grappling with her sanity, a 1950s housewife contemplating escape, and a contemporary New Yorker preparing a party for her ailing friend. Cunningham skillfully interweaves their stories, illustrating the profound impact of literature and the universal human experience of longing and connection. The narrative captures a melancholic beauty, revealing the intricate tapestry of existence and the quiet desperation that often underpins daily life.
Author: Michael Cunningham
Format: Hardback
Published: 1998, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Hours presents a masterful triptych of women whose lives, separated by time and circumstance, resonate with the echoes of Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway. This poignant work of literary fiction chronicles a single day in the lives of a 1920s author grappling with her sanity, a 1950s housewife contemplating escape, and a contemporary New Yorker preparing a party for her ailing friend. Cunningham skillfully interweaves their stories, illustrating the profound impact of literature and the universal human experience of longing and connection. The narrative captures a melancholic beauty, revealing the intricate tapestry of existence and the quiet desperation that often underpins daily life.