A novel about three very different women--Virginia Woolf, Clarissa Vaughan, and Laura Brown--whose lives and destinies become intertwined spans the nation, from New York to Los Angeles, and follows them to a haunting and surprising conclusion. Reissue. 150,000 first printing. (A new film, written by David Hare, directed by Stephen Daldry, starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman) (General Fiction)
Michael Cunningham was raised in Los Angeles and lives in New York City. He is the author of the novels
A Home at the End of the World (Picador) and
Flesh and Blood. His work has appeared in
The New Yorker and
Best American Short Stories, and he is the recipient of a Whiting Writer's Award.
The Hours was a
New York Times Bestseller, and was chosen as a Best Book of 1998 by
The New York Times,
Los Angeles Times, and
Publishers Weekly.
Michael Cunningham was raised in Los Angeles and lives in New York City. He is the author of the novels A Home at the End of the World (Picador) and Flesh and Blood. His work has appeared in The New Yorker and Best American Short Stories, and he is the recipient of a Whiting Writer's Award. The Hours was a New York Times Bestseller, and was chosen as a Best Book of 1998 by The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Publishers Weekly.