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The Hours

Michael Cunningham

Finish date: January 1, 2007

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The Hours (book and movie)

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Dec 27, 2008 Moira rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: underwhelmed

I've read this book at least twice, judging from dog-ears and annotations, and still have no real clear memory of it. And I don't think my memory's _that_ bad. Cunningham brings new meaning to the words "riding on coat-tails," as well as unhappily eliding one of Woolf's most joyously creative periods -- her composition of the novel he pallidly imitates -- with the dark helplessness just before her suicide. Cunningham winds up rather nastily perpetuating the myth of the Frail Suicidal Lady Genius ...more

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Aug 14, 2009 Blake rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: modern-classics

Michael Cunningham is not Virginia Woolf. Having said that, I think it is also fair to say, having read this book and enjoyed it immensely, one need not regret the fact.

The stories of these three unusual women weave together across separate generations and, when combined, create a rich stream of ideas and experience. Cunningham keeps his grace throughout in accent, tone and descriptive power. Though his own stylistic choices allow for less showing than telling at times, the narrative is rich eno ...more

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