{"product_id":"the-hours-9780312243029","title":"The Hours","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that became a motion picture starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman, directed by Stephen Daldry from a screenplay by David Hare\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Hours\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Cunningham, widely praised as one of the most gifted writers of his generation, draws inventively on the life and work of Virginia Woolf to tell the story of a group of contemporary characters struggling with the conflicting claims of love and inheritance, hope and despair. The narrative of Woolf's last days before her suicide early in World War II counterpoints the fictional stories of Samuel, a famous poet whose life has been shadowed by his talented and troubled mother, and his lifelong friend Clarissa, who strives to forge a balanced and rewarding life in spite of the demands of friends, lovers, and family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePassionate, profound, and deeply moving, this is Cunningham's most remarkable achievement to date.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICHAEL CUNNINGHAM\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eA Home at the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFlesh and Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpecimen Days\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBy Nightfall\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Snow Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the collection \u003ci\u003eA Wild Swan and Other Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, and the nonfiction book \u003ci\u003eLand's End: A Walk in Provincetown\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of a Whiting Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and his work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Hours\u003c\/i\u003e was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, and the winner of both the PEN\/Faulkner Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Raised in Los Angeles, Michael Cunningham lives in New York City, and is a senior lecturer at Yale University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50597481971986,"sku":"9780312243029","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9216ea5b-a750-47f3-813f-b09c4ea4ce91.jpg?v=1737295645","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hours-9780312243029","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}