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In the hours, michael cunningham, widely praised as one of the most gifted writers. Listen to this audiobook excerpt and hear michael cunningham read from his novel the hours, winner of the pulitzer prize, the pen faulkner award for fiction. In the hours, 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. Michael cunningham born november 6, 1952 is an american novelist and screenwriter. Not only was it the winner of the 1999 pulitzer prize for fiction, but it is also the source of the oscarwinning 2002 movie of the same name.
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