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Winnerofthe1999PulitzerandPen/Faulknerprizes,TheHoursisadaringanddeeplyaffectingnovelinspiredbythelifeandworkofVirginiaWoolf.Apassionate,profoundandhauntingstoryofloveandinheritance,hopeanddespair.ExiledinRichmondinthe1920s,takenfromherbelovedBloomsburyandlovinglywatchedoverbyherhusbandLeonard,VirginiaWoolfstrugglestotameherrebelliousmindandmakeastartonhernewnovel.Inthebroodingheatof1940sLosAngeles,ayoungwifeandmotheryearnstoescapetheclaustrophobiaofsuburbandomesticityandreadherpreciouscopyofMrsDalloway.AndinNewYorkinthe1990s,ClarissaVaughanstepsoutofhersmartGreenwichVillageapartmentandgoesshoppingforflowersforthepartysheisgivinginhonourofherlife-longfriendRichard,anaward-winningpoetwhosemindandbodyarebeingravagedbyAIDS.ThesearethecharactersinMichaelCunningham'sexquisiteanddeeplymovingnovel,whichtakesWoolf'slifeandworkasinspirationforameditationonartisticbehaviour,failure,loveandmadness.MovingeffortlessyacrossthedecadesandbetweenEnglandandAmerica,Cunningham'selegant,hauntingproseexploresthepainandtraumaofcreativityandtheimmutablerelationshipbetweenwriterandreader.