FICTION

The Hours

by Michael Cunningham
Picador. 2002. 240p. ISBN 9780312305062. pap. $13.
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For readers who want another experience of an author turning a real writer into a fictional character, consider suggesting Cunningham's multiple-award-winning novel of Virginia Woolf. With astounding skill and grace, Cunningham brings Woolf and her novel Mrs. Dalloway./span> into a new perspective, gifting readers with Woolf's presence in this shimmering work structured around three women: Clarissa Vaughan who is planning a party in NYC at the end of the 20th century; Woolf herself, in 1923, working on Mrs. Dalloway; and Laura Brown, a 1949 housewife living in Los Angeles who is reading Mrs. Dalloway. With its focus on literature, rich characterizations, beautiful prose, and exquisite management of both plot and pace, Cunningham's remarkable novel should please Carlene Bauer's fans.
Reviewed by Staff , Mar 21, 2013
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