The Hours -

Michael Cunningham

Fourth Estate Paperbacks

1999

230 páginas

7h 40m

ISBN-10: 1841150355

The book concerns three generations of women affected by a Virginia Woolf novel.

The first is Woolf herself writing Mrs. Dalloway in 1923 and struggling with her own mental illness. The second is Mrs. Brown, wife of a World War II veteran, who is reading Mrs. Dalloway in 1949 as she plans her husband's birthday party. The third is Clarissa Vaughan, a lesbian, who plans a party in 1998 to celebrate a major literary award received by her good friend and former lover, the poet Richard, who is dying of AIDS.

The situations of all three characters mirror situations experienced by Woolf's Clarissa Dalloway in 'Mrs. Dalloway', with Clarissa Vaughn being a very literal modern-day version of Woolf's character. Like Mrs. Dalloway, Clarissa Vaughan goes on a journey to buy flowers while reflecting on the minutiae of the day around her and later prepares to throw a party. Clarissa Dalloway and Clarissa Vaughan also both reflect on their histories and past loves in relation to their current lives, which they both perceive as trivial. A number of other characters in Clarissa Vaughn's story also parallel characters in Woolf's 'Mrs. Dalloway.'

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5 (Perfeito)

Que escrita fantástica, poética, profunda. Acho que foi o que mais gostei da obra, a forma como o autor escreve. Você entra profundamente na história, sente exatamente o que as personagens estão sentindo. Estou com muita vontade de ler Mrs. Dalloway agora.