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She always surprises you this way, by knowing more than you think she does. Louis wonders ifthey're calculated, these little demonstrations of self-knowledge that pepper Clarissa's wise, hostessyperformance. She seems, at times, to have read your thoughts. She disarms you by saying, essentially,I know what you're thinking and I agree, I'm ridiculous, I'm far less than I could have been and I'd likeit to be otherwise but I can't seem to help myself. You find that you move, almost against your will,from being irritated with her to consoling her, helping her back into her performance so that she canbe comfortable again and you can resume feeling irritated.

Michael Cunningham

She always surprises you this way, by knowing more than you think she does. Louis wonders ifthey're calculated, these little demonstrations of self-knowledge that pepper Clarissa's wise, hostessyperformance. She seems, at times, to have read your thoughts. She disarms you by saying, essentially,I know what you're thinking and I agree, I'm ridiculous, I'm far less than I could have been and I'd likeit to be otherwise but I can't seem to help myself. You find that you move, almost against your will,from being irritated with her to consoling her, helping her back into her performance so that she canbe comfortable again and you can resume feeling irritated.

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About Michael Cunningham

Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1998 novel The Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999. Cunningham is Professor in the Practice of Creative Writing at Yale University.