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 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 Richard, 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.
Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte of the Queensland Police arrives at Opal Town on a fine warm September 23rd to enquire into the possible murder of Jeffery Anderson, who disappeared on the 18th of April. His efforts to solve the problem are hampered by many factors. The case is many months old, there is evidence that Bony is being constantly shadowed and that aborigines with blood-and-feather encased feet have him under constant surveillance to make sure he finds out as little as possible.
Nick Shay and Klara Sax knew each other once, intimately, and they
meet again in the American desert. He is trying to outdistance the
crucial events of his early life; she is an artist who has made a blood
struggle for independence.
Underworld is a story of men
and women together and apart, seen in deep, clear detail and in
stadium-sized panoramas, shadowed throughout by the overarching
conflict of the Cold War. It is a novel that accepts every challenge of
these extraordinary times -- Don DeLillo's greatest and most powerful
work of fiction.
