Hotel Du Lac by Anita Brookner
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Book Reviews of Hotel Du Lac
Book Review: A Perfect Book
Summary: 5 Stars
Anita's Brookner's "Hotel du Lac" is purely perfect. Her writing is precise, sparkling, and emotive. Edith Hope (even the name is evocative), is one of Brookner's most finely drawn characters. Sent by well-meaning friends to a timeless, proper hotel at the tail-end of the tourist season for a transgression of the romantic sort, spinsterish Edith is left to ponder the outcome of the rest of her life. But there are tentative friendships, quiet observations and a fragile hope that come from her exile.
Reading this novel gave me the exaltation that comes from reading great literary fiction, along with the satisfaction of discovering a well-written story. Treasure this book!
Book Review: Great writer and great book
Summary: 5 Stars
Anita Brookner is one of the best writers today. I read Hotel du Lac right after Undue Influence and was not disappointed. Brookner captures perfectly the mood of Swiss lakeside hotels in the off-season (I know because I ve been there). As with Undue Influence, the interaction between the different characters is rare and seems less important than the description of how they view one another and how they view themselves. The loneliness accurately described by Brookner is as much a result of self-sufficiency and choice as it is a result of fate and wasted opportunities. The writing is very very good.Book Review: Intelligent Prose
Summary: 5 Stars
What a pleasure to read intelligent, descriptive prose with a purpose! Not that I am a prude in any sense of the word, but it is such a relief to read modern fiction that is not filled with harsh language or violence. Anita Brookner's writing is so beautifullly structured: her precise descriptions allow the reader to get lost in the setting and emotions like few modern (dare I say it?) American authors; her vocabulary is precise and challenging. This is a book that should be on any serious readers list!Book Review: A Subtle & Winsome Masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
Potential Readers Beware: This book is subtle, intelligent, witty, heartbreaking, arid, sensuous, eloquent and luminous. If you are looking for a rollicking, wham-bam-thank-you-maam plot, look elsewhere. Anita Brookner writes of the quiet and unnoticed desperation of women and men of a certain age. If you give yourself over to this book and this writer, the reward will be lasting.Book Review: Buy this Book
Summary: 5 Stars
If the Booker Prize is not enough to convince you, just look at the body of Anita Brookner's work. Her ability with language makes Hemmingway look like a weed wacker. A delightful novel with a plot line that lulls you into complacency and smacks you with a surprise ending. Tasteful, elegant, worthy reading - fiction at it's best