Cunningham's style so emulates Virginia Woolf's in Mrs Dalloway that it seemed almost distasteful at first. However The Hours is more than a homage to VW and he settles into his own very moving study of three women in three different decades, each undergoing a crisis and questioning whether they can carry on. Like Mrs Dalloway, it most effectively shows how the impressions of everyday life interact with our consciousness and motivation.
(Victoria Grey-Edwards - bwl 18 April 2003 ) |
