The Hours - Michael Cunningham

In 1925 Virginia Woolf published "Mrs Dalloway" and broke new literary ground by writing about a single day in the life of a middle-aged woman.  Cunningham piggybacks on the style of writing and story line to provide a parallel story using Woolf as a character in his tale of three women's lives intertwined for a day. Having read Mrs. Dalloway this summer, I relished the intricate way the author used Woolf's own life story with her own style to bring his characters to the end of their day.

Now to watch the movie!

Published: 1998  Read: December 2016  Genre: Fiction