The Hours

The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that became a motion picture starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman, directed by Stephen Daldry from a screenplay by David Hare

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.

Passionate, profound, and deeply moving, this is Cunningham's most remarkable achievement to date.

Romanul castigator al Premiului Pulitzer, care a devenit un film cinematografic cu Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore si Nicole Kidman, in regia lui Stephen Daldry dintr-un scenariu de David Hare In The Hours, Michael Cunningham, laudat pe scara larga ca unul dintre cei mai dotati scriitori ai sai generatie, se bazeaza inventiv pe viata si opera Virginiei Woolf pentru a spune povestea unui grup de personaje contemporane care se lupta cu revendicarile conflictuale de dragoste si mostenire, speranta si disperare.