The Hours

Resumen del libro

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 Samuel, 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. br

Biografía del autor

Michael Cunningham (Cincinati, 1952) es autor de, entre otras novelas, la aclamada Las horas (ganadora del Premio Pulitzer 1999 y del Pen Faulkner Award): llevada al cine en 2002 con gran éxito, contó con tres grandes actrices (Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore y Nicole Kidman) y mereció nueve Oscar.