Every Moment
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Summary
Los Angeles, 1949: Laura Brown, a housewife whose life seems enviable to others, feels she is about to suffocate in her marriage; she secretly reads Mrs Dalloway, trying to break free of her cage.
New York at the end of the 20th century: book editor Clarissa Vaughan, nicknamed "Mrs Dalloway," leaves her apartment to arrange a celebratory party for her first love, the award-winning writer Richard; wanting to take care of everyone around her, she often neglects her own feelings and is in anguish.
Three women from different times and vastly different circumstances, who should have lived their lives wholly unconnected, find their fates interwoven and colliding because of the same novel. In the end they choose to set aside the expectations of family and loved ones and create truly meaningful lives for themselves.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who enjoy multi-threaded narratives and literary intertextuality
- Literature lovers interested in Woolf and her work
- Readers drawn to women's circumstances and self-determination
- Novel readers willing to read slowly and accept a stream-of-consciousness style
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer single-thread, plot-driven, fast-paced stories
- Those seeking light, escapist reading
- Readers sensitive to heavy themes such as depression and suicide
Reading tips
- Before reading, it helps to know the basic plot of Mrs Dalloway; the interwoven threads will be easier to recognize.
- Read in chapter order and note how the three women correspond within the same-day structure; don't rush to map every connection.
- When you reach Laura's or Clarissa's sections, pause and consider what each of them is avoiding.
- After finishing, return to the opening and revisit the echoes created by the "hours" structure.
About the publisher
Huashan Literature and Art Publishing House is a local literature and art publisher whose main publishing focus is literary and artistic works, covering categories such as classic works, philosophical readings, social sciences, foreign literature, Eastern philosophy, and applied psychology. Judging from the books in the database, the house publishes modern literary classics such as Xiao Hong's The Story of Hulan River, as well as Aisin Gioro Yu Yun's "Yu Laoshi Speaks" series and titles from the "People and Classics" series, including The Great Learning and The Commentary on the Xici of the I Ching, with an emphasis on interpreting traditional classics. In foreign literature, it offers Michael Cunningham's The Hours, Hemingway's The Snows of Kilimanjaro, and Dave Pilkey's Dog Man series. Its authors include Xiao Hong, Aisin Gioro Yu Yun, Chen Jiong, Dave Pilkey, Michael Cunningham, and Wang Jiaxiang. Its publishing character lies in balancing literary classics, interpretations of traditional culture, and translations of foreign literature, forming a diverse reading structure for general readers. Public information is limited, and the above focuses on the publishing directions reflected by the books in the database.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 序幕
- 达洛维夫人
- 伍尔夫夫人
- 布朗太太
- 达洛维夫人
- 伍尔夫夫人
- 布朗太太
- 伍尔夫夫人
- 达洛维夫人
- 布朗太太
- 伍尔夫夫人
- 达洛维夫人
- 布朗太太
- 伍尔夫夫人
- 达洛维夫人
- 伍尔夫夫人
- 达洛维夫人
- 布朗太太
- 达洛维夫人
- 布朗太太
- 伍尔夫夫人
- 布朗太太
- 达洛维夫人
- 致谢
- 资料来源说明
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About the author
Michael Cunningham is an author known to Chinese readers through his work in foreign literature. Public information about him is currently limited, and only one of his works is included in the collection: the novel The Hours. This work is his best-known representative title among Chinese readers and is often categorized as foreign literature. The Hours shows Cunningham's attention to depicting characters' inner worlds and his ability to create tension between everyday life and spiritual predicaments, with prose that is delicate and richly layered. The work explores themes such as time, identity, and emotion, and its structure displays a clear awareness of literary experimentation, giving it a distinctive place among contemporary foreign literary works. For Chinese readers, Cunningham remains a foreign author known through a single work, and the full scope of his writing awaits more translation and research.
Wang Jiaxiang is one of the more active translators in contemporary Chinese literary translation, though public information about her is limited and details of her life and education cannot be confirmed. Judging from the seven works held in the collection, her translation work centers on foreign literature, and she is particularly associated with introducing the Russian-American writer Vladimir Nabokov to Chinese readers. She took part in translating both volumes of the Selected Works of Nabokov and has translated Speak, Memory and Mary, among others. She has also translated The Hours, a work concerned with women's inner lives and everyday experience, and has worked on documentary literature as well. Her translations are generally delicate and fluent, attentive to preserving the tone and narrative rhythm of the original; she deals carefully with Nabokov's complex syntax and layered imagery, offering Chinese readers a reliable path into his work.
