The Hours

A Novel

Winner of the Pulitzer prize, the Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and nominated for 9 Academy Awards, The Hours is now available on Unabridged CD.

Passionate, profound, and deeply moving, The Hours tells the story of three women: Clarissa Vaughan, who one New York morning goes about planning a party in honor of a beloved friend; Laura Brown, who in a 1950s Los Angeles suburb slowly begins to feel the constraints of a perfect family and home; and Virginia Woolf, recuperating with her husband in a London suburb and beginning to write Mrs. Dalloway. By the end of the novel, the stories have intertwined, and finally come together in an act of subtle and haunting grace, demonstrating Michael Cunningham's deep empathy for his characters as well as the extraordinary resonance of his language.

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“A smashing literary tour de force and an utterly invigorating reading experience. If this book does not make you jump up from the sofa, looking at life and literature in new ways, check to see if you have a pulse.” —USA Today

“An exquisitely written, kaleidoscopic work that anchors a floating postmodern world on pre-modern caissons of love, grief, and transcendent longing.” —Los Angeles Times

“Cunningham has created something original, a trio of richly interwoven tales...his most mature and masterful work.” —The Washington Post Book World

One of my favourite books, written and read by Author

Bravo! A perfect performance of a beautiful book. Thank you Mr. Cunningham for your narration.
The Hours is one of my all time favourite books and I have read & listened more times than I can count!!

Even if you haven't read Mrs. Dalloway

I haven't read Mrs. Dalloway, although I know the gist of it, but I still really enjoyed this story of three women's lives. The women are all white, upper middle class, and quite privileged so they aren't, on the surface, likely to elicit a lot of sympathy. "Not communicating well with servants" isn't high on my list of problems. But they all struggle internally and the author did a good job of making me care. At first I was put off by the fact that the narrator, telling the stories of women, is male. But then so is the author! And ultimately I found the narration quite suitable for the material.

Difficult to follow

Unusual way to tell a story,has a good effect; however lost me many times. Not so interesting that I bothered to back up and figure out something I may have missed.

Fascinating

If you are not familiar with Virginia Woolf or her most famous work 'Mrs Dalloway' this piece may be confusing. If you are familiar with the outline of Virginia Woolf's life and writings, specifically her masterwork "Dalloway" - you will find this book interesting, enjoyable - a puzzle. Many of the reviews were negative regarding the author - Cunningham - reading the piece, as he is not a professional audiobook reader. I thought this would be off-putting initially - he has distinct New York accent to me, but in truth, his reading lent emphasis in an important way. To me, his reading matched the style of this particular book, in a way that made the presentation more harmonious.I did not think I would like it, but found I did like it very much.

Very dark

Well written and excellent parallels throughout the book to Mrs. Dalloway, but very dark and depressing.