Hotel Du Lac: A Novel (Man Booker Prize Winner)
About this product
BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • In the novel that established her international reputation, Anita Brookner finds a new way to frame the eternal question, "Why love?"
"Brookner's most absorbing novel ... wryly realistic ... graceful and attractive." —Anne Tyler, The New York Times Book Review
When middle-aged romance writer Edith Hope’s life begins to resemble the melodramatic plots of her own novels, her friends banish her to Switzerland, where they hope the luxurious calm of the Hotel du Lac will restore her to her senses. But instead of contritely contemplating her mistakes, Edith spends her time keenly observing her eccentric fellow guests and writing unsent letters to the married lover she is supposed to be trying to forget. Before long, despite her determination to stay quietly on the sidelines, Edith attracts the attention of a worldly man who believes that they are uniquely situated to solve each other's problems.
Beautifully observed and witheringly funny, Hotel du Lac is Brookner at her most stylish and potently subversive. Read more
Editor's Take
Hotel du Lac is widely praised for Anita Brookner’s elegant prose, quiet wit, and sharply observed portrait of Edith Hope, a romance novelist who retreats to a Swiss lakeside hotel after personal scandal.
Goodreads readers repeatedly praise the novel’s polished writing, understated humor, and brooding atmosphere, with many calling it beautifully crafted and emotionally restrained. Readers on Goodreads also note that the book’s appeal comes from its introspective tone and Brookner’s precise observations of loneliness, social ritual, and disappointment.
Blog reviewers describe it as wry, witty, and delicately done, while also pointing out that its slender plot and reserved heroine can feel slow or detached to some readers. A YouTube reviewer calls it a Booker-winning novel whose narrative voice and figurative language make it a compelling read.
For shoppers who appreciate literary fiction with subtle characterization, refined prose, and a cool, reflective mood, Hotel du Lac stands out as a classic Brookner novel.
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Specifications
| Genre | Fiction |
| Illustrated | No |
Product Details
| Publisher | Vintage |
| Publication date | October 3, 1995 |
| Edition | First Vintage Contemporaries Edition |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 192 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0679759328 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0679759324 |
| Item Weight | 8 ounces |
| Dimensions | 5.15 x 0.55 x 7.95 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #57,326 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3,137 in Literary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars (4,078) |
