The Hours

Three women in different eras—Virginia Woolf in 1920s Richmond, a housewife in 1950s Los Angeles, and a New York editor in the 1990s—are all connected by Mrs Dalloway, the Woolf novel one of them is writing and the others are reading. Cunningham's Pulitzer winner is an elegant meditation on creativity, death, and the choices that shape a life.

The Hours was written by Michael Cunningham, from United States. First published in 1999.

The Hours has received the following awards and honours: Pulitzer Prize 1999.

The Hours is a well-regarded book with solid critical recognition, with an aggregate editorial score of 58/100 on 50 Best Books, based on mentions across 1 editorial source. It is particularly recommended for readers interested in creativity, mortality, Virginia Woolf.

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The Hours is classified as Literary Fiction. Character-driven fiction that prioritises style, theme, and psychological depth.

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