The Little Hotel
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Light foxing on book block.
Nestled on the shores of Lake Geneva in postwar Switzerland, The Little Hotel draws its guests into an intimate comedy of manners where nothing — and no one — is quite what they seem. Christina Stead's razor-sharp novel chronicles the lives of a peculiar cast of European expatriates and displaced wanderers, each seeking refuge, reinvention, or escape within the modest walls of a Swiss pension, while the proprietress Madame Bonnard watches, listens, and judges with an unflinching eye. Stead, one of Australia's most formidable literary voices and a master of satirical character study, presents a richly layered portrait of postwar bourgeois anxiety, marital dysfunction, and class pretension. With dialogue that crackles with wit and an almost theatrical precision of observation, she illuminates the quiet desperation simmering beneath polite conversation and starched tablecloths. First published in 1973, The Little Hotel stands as a testament to Stead's singular ability to transform the confined world of a small establishment into a microcosm of European society — leaving the reader to wonder just how much the walls of that little hotel have yet to reveal.
Author: Christina Stead
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Angus & Robertson
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Light foxing on book block.
Nestled on the shores of Lake Geneva in postwar Switzerland, The Little Hotel draws its guests into an intimate comedy of manners where nothing — and no one — is quite what they seem. Christina Stead's razor-sharp novel chronicles the lives of a peculiar cast of European expatriates and displaced wanderers, each seeking refuge, reinvention, or escape within the modest walls of a Swiss pension, while the proprietress Madame Bonnard watches, listens, and judges with an unflinching eye. Stead, one of Australia's most formidable literary voices and a master of satirical character study, presents a richly layered portrait of postwar bourgeois anxiety, marital dysfunction, and class pretension. With dialogue that crackles with wit and an almost theatrical precision of observation, she illuminates the quiet desperation simmering beneath polite conversation and starched tablecloths. First published in 1973, The Little Hotel stands as a testament to Stead's singular ability to transform the confined world of a small establishment into a microcosm of European society — leaving the reader to wonder just how much the walls of that little hotel have yet to reveal.