by Michael Cunningham (Author)
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer and Pen/Faulkner prizes, THE HOURS is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf. Now a major motion picture, directed by Stephen Daldry (BILLY ELLIOT) and starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Clare Danes and Ed Harris. In 1920's London, Virginia Woolf is fighting against her rebellious spirit as she attempts to make a start on her new novel. A young wife and mother, broiling in a suburb of 1940's Los Angeles, yearns to escape and read her precious copy of Mrs Dalloway. And Clarissa Vaughan steps out of her smart Greenwich village apartment in 1990's New York to buy flowers for a party she is hosting for a dying friend. Moving effortlessly across the decades and between England and America, this exquisite novel intertwines the stories of three unforgettable women.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: Film tie-in edition
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Published: 03 Feb 2003
ISBN 10: 184115783X
ISBN 13: 9781841157832
Book Overview: Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer and Pen/Faulkner prizes. This edition is a tie-in with the major motion picture of the novel directed by Stephen Daldry and starring Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Clare Danes and Ed Harris.