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The Hours
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $13.00
Manufacturer: Picador
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Description
The Hours tells the story of three women: Virginia Woolf, beginning to write Mrs. Dalloway as she recuperates in a London suburb with her husband in 1923; Clarissa Vaughan, beloved friend of an acclaimed poet dying from AIDS, who in modern-day New York is planning a party in his honor; and Laura Brown, in a 1949 Los Angeles suburb, who slowly begins to feel the constraints of a perfect family and home. By the end of the novel, these three stories intertwine in remarkable ways, and finally come together in an act of subtle and haunting grace.
The Hours is both an homage to Virginia Woolf and very much its own creature. Even as Michael Cunningham brings his literary idol back to life, he intertwines her story with those of two more contemporary women. One gray suburban London morning in 1923, Woolf awakens from a dream that will soon lead to Mrs. Dalloway. In the present, on a beautiful June day in Greenwich Village, 52-year-old Clarissa Vaughan is planning a party for her oldest love, a poet dying of AIDS. And in Los Angeles in 1949, Laura Brown, pregnant and unsettled, does her best to prepare for her husband's birthday, but can't seem to stop reading Woolf. These women's lives are linked both by the 1925 novel and by the few precious moments of possibility each keeps returning to. Clarissa is to eventually realize:
There's just this for consolation: an hour here or there when our lives seem, against all odds and expectations, to burst open and give us everything we've ever imagined.... Still, we cherish the city, the morning; we hope, more than anything, for more.As Cunningham moves between the three women, his transitions are seamless. One early chapter ends with Woolf picking up her pen and composing her first sentence, "Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself." The next begins with Laura rejoicing over that line and the fictional universe she is about to enter. Clarissa's day, on the other hand, is a mirror of Mrs. Dalloway's--with, however, an appropriate degree of modern beveling as Cunningham updates and elaborates his source of inspiration. Clarissa knows that her desire to give her friend the perfect party may seem trivial to many. Yet it seems better to her than shutting down in the face of disaster and despair. Like its literary inspiration, The Hours is a hymn to consciousness and the beauties and losses it perceives. It is also a reminder that, as Cunningham again and again makes us realize, art belongs to far more than just "the world of objects." --Kerry Fried
Reviews
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-07-27
Summary: "What can I say that hasn't already been said?"
This is one of those books I will always have by my bedside, the pages worn and full of underlines and highlights.
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-07-03
Summary: "enjoyable quick read"
While this book didn't grab me at first, I soon came to love reading it. This book dealt with three characters--Virginia Woolf (who was in the process of writing "Mrs. Dalloway"), Clarissa (who is living in the present time and who is called Mrs. Dalloway by her best friend), and Mrs. Brown (who lives in the 1940s and is reading "Mrs. Dalloway"). Each chapter is given the heading of the character writing it. I loved how everything in the story from the text, to the characters, to the thoughts were intertwined and how everything was linked by Virginia Woolf's book.
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-06-15
Summary: "Either You Like it or You Hate It"
Synopsis: Virginia Woolf is living in London in 1923, and is beginning to write and work on the now-famous, Mrs. Dalloway. Concurrently, a woman in Los Angeles in 1949, finds herself unhappy after three years of marriage with her husband. Despite this, she is trying her best to be a good wife and a soon-to-be-mother. One day, she picks up Woolf's novel, and begins to read. In it, she finds herself getting lost, as she sees the parallels and similarities between her life and the story. Meanwhile, in present time, there is 52-year-old, Clarissa Vaughan, a self-proclaimed modern version of "Mrs. Dalloway." She is preparing a party dedicated to her former lover -- a poet -- who is now dying of AIDS.
This book surrounds three completely different women, leading very different lives and having their own different stories. In the end, they find that their lives are touched and interwoven together across time, by one powerful and important novel.
Review: First of all, this, no doubt, has an intriguing premise and offers a unique perspective on things.
With clarity and sincerity, the author makes a genuine take on common people, like us, and their ordinary lives, through multifaceted characters. It is really not at all difficult to relate to them, not exactly because of their situations, but mainly for the emotions that they feel and the thoughts that they ponder on. I realize that, everybody feels and thinks about these things. Some, more often than others. And this book, simply, shows that sadness -- that depressing -- side of life, that everybody goes through at one point or another.
As for the writing, I thought that the author did a great job showcasing his talent and skill appropriately, by perfecting the book's pace and flow. Also, he made it all work through his poetic but effortless wordplay. It was simple and easy to grasp, but on-point and complex. It also just had the right amount of drama and emotion, without getting too corny, sappy, or cliche.
I have to admit though, there were a few negative things about the novel. There were few, but they're there nonetheless. I found that at times, it was difficult to figure out who's narrating. The speaker changes constantly, and their voices are not as distinct the way their personalities are, in my opinion.
Also, I have heard a lot from people (friends, family, other reviews) that they did not enjoy this one. One reason is probably because of its dark and "depressive" mood and atmosphere. Also, another possible reason, would be that at times, there were a few lengthy, and even unnecessary, descriptions every now and then. Some people don't mind the long descriptions, others do.
Despite this, I still do recommend it. I also would give it 4 stars -- definitely an entertaining and emotional read, but not "You-have-to-read-this-now!" sort of great. It is more of a "Add-this-to-your-TBR-if-you'd-like" kind of good. I guess though, in a way, this is just one of those books that you either like or you don't. Personally, I liked it.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-05-09
Summary: "The hours.. Great book"
Book was in perfect condition! Came quickly and was a great transaction . Thanks so much!!
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-05-09
Summary: "I've not yet read Virginia Woolf"
I've never read anything by Virginia Woolf and therefore some of the glowing reviews mentioning that this book revives Woolf's work were lost on me. Nevertheless even without a strong appreciation for the strength of the Woolf homage, I still found The Hours to be an excellent novel.
There are three main characters. One isVirginia Woolf herself, the second is Clarissa living in the New York literary world of the late twentieth century and the third is Laura living as a standard 1950s housewife. The stories are superficially linked by some Woolf references. Laura is reading Mrs. Dalloway and Clarissa's close friend refers to her as Mrs. Dalloway. As the story unfolds they are much more closely linked than may at first be apparent.
Each story is just a snapshot but deals with the inner lives and thoughts of women just living through the next hours of their lives. The book leads off with Virginia's suicide and then proceeds to describe the lives of the other women from different times. There's great sadness and the famous term "living lives of quiet desperation" came to mind during the book.
For me, the most profound ties were between Laura and Virginia who really struggle through their lives. All of these struggles occur despite what on the surface would appear to be successful and vibrant lives. All of the women have very supportive partners and few financial worries. They are loved, yet they struggle.
I found Cunningham's writing to be very insightful and thematically rich. It is particularly unusual that a male writer would so poignantly capture the feelings and lives of three female characters. We usually see this insight from women writing about women or men writing about men. Obviously being male, I do not necessarily have the definitive opinion on how well Cunningham has captured the inner struggles and lives of these women. I'd be very curious to hear more from female reviewers on this.
From my perspective The Hours is an excellent novel that I definitely recommend.