Almost precisely 21 years ago this week (Jan. 11, 2000), BookMen discussed Michael Cunningham's The Hours, his adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel, Mrs. Dalloway. (I didn't join our group until the fall of 2000, so I'm sorry to say I missed out on that session.) In the Dec. 27 New York Times, Cunningham reflected on Woolf's novel, which he lauds as "revolutionary." As he observes, "Woolf was among the first writers to understand that there are no insignificant lives, only inadequate ways of looking at them." It's been a long time since I've read either novel, but Cunningham's inspiring essay has persuaded me that it's time for me to revisit them both.
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