Friday, January 23, 2009
Las Horas
The Hours is a alright book but it kind of gets to me, it is almost the same as Mrs. Dalloway which is a book that we have already read. With this fact existing in the back of my head I feel sometimes that I shouldn't read this and since I am reading it why should I read this besides the fact that it is required by you? But even though I would rather not I do have admit that it is pretty descent. The main thing is that I keep getting sucked into the illusion that this is the real Virginia Woolf and not a fictional character that Cunningham can use at his disposal at any time.
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Mike,
This seems a pretty tepid endorsement of the novel (it's fine not to like it--but you need to push yourself to be a little more specific in developing your critique of it). Clearly, as with "Flaubert's Parrot," the point here is to see if reading "The Hours" can enhance our understanding of "Mrs. Dalloway" (not simply repeat it).
I agree overall with what you're saying...this book is almost too alike to Mrs. Dalloway.
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