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The Hours (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) by Cunningham, Michael, Michael Cunningham is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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. Cunningham 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 li

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Author
Cunningham, Michael, Michael Cunningham
Publisher
Farrar,Straus and Giroux; Picador USA; Distributed by Holtzbrinck Publishers
Published
1998
Language
EN
ISBN
9781841150352
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
Rating
3.91 / 5 (3,227 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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