THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham ( 9781841150352 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

THE HOURS

By:

Michael Cunningham

Format:

Paperback

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£9.99

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ISBN 10:

1841150355

ISBN 13:

9781841150352

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Publisher:

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS

Pub. date:

7 October, 1999

Pages:

240

Description:

Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and Pen Faulkner prize. Made into an Oscar-winning film, `The Hours' is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf.

Synopsis:

Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and Pen Faulkner prize. Made into an Oscar-winning film, `The Hours' is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf.In 1920s 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 1940s 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 1990s 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.

Publication:

Imprint:

Fourth Estate Ltd

Prizes:

Short-listed for IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2000 Short-listed for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2000

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Returnable

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