Hours

Name: Hours - Penguin Random House South Africa
SKU: 9781785299612
Price: 295.00 ZAR
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Michael Cunningham, Fenella Woolgar, Full Cast, Rosamund Pike, Teresa Gallagher

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About the book

**Winner of the Gold Award for Best Drama in the New York Festivals Radio Awards 2018***

A BBC radio adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Michael Cunningham, inspired by Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway

Three separate women, living in different locations and eras, are linked by their passion for Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway. As they each live through a Tuesday in June, their thoughts and experiences mirror each other and become interwoven.

In Richmond in 1923, Virginia Woolf struggles to write a novel whose protagonist is Mrs Dalloway. In Los Angeles in 1949, Laura ignores her chores and small son to sit in bed reading Mrs Dalloway. In 1990s New York, Clarissa goes to buy flowers for a...

About the Author

Michael Cunningham

Michael Cunningham is a novelist, screenwriter, and educator. His novel The Hours received the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1999. He has taught at Columbia University and Brooklyn College. He is currently a professor in the practice at Yale University.

Fenella Woolgar

FENELLA WOOLGAR has a long list of television credits, including Call the Midwife, Harlots, Inside No. 9, and Home Fires. Her film work includes Victoria & Abdul, Mr. Turner, Bright Young Things, and Judy. She has performed in many theater productions including seasons at The National, The Old Vic, The Royal Court, Donmar Warehouse, and the West End.