by Anita Brookner · Libros del Asteroide · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788410178632
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«Hotel du Lac» is the contemporary fiction novel by Anita Brookner, published by Libros del Asteroide in paperback (200 pages, in Spanish).
Edith Hope, a writer of romantic novels, sees her life imitating the plots of her books. After a scandal, her friends convince her to take refuge in a Swiss hotel, where other guests force her to reconsider her decisions. The novel addresses female identity, social conventions, and repressed emotions.
Novel winner of the Booker Prize in 1984, in a translation from English by Catalina Martínez Muñoz. Number 348 in the Libros del Asteroide collection.
Aimed at readers of contemporary fiction and British literature; Spanish edition recommended for a general audience aged 16 and over.
Anita Brookner was an English novelist and art historian. She was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge from 1967 to 1968 and was the first woman to hold this visiting professorship. She was awarded the 1984 Booker–McConnell Prize for her novel Hotel du Lac.
