Hotel Du Lac - Anita Brookner
Synopsis
Edith Hope is in disgrace and working out her probation on the shores of Lake Geneva. Friends and family have banished her to seemly Swiss solitude until such times as she recovers her senses. This novel won the Booker Prize in 1985.
A lovely genteel novel. I really warmed to Edith Hope (she has the exact same name as my aunt)and felt her weariness with life and love, and how to get through it. The other occupants of Hotel du Lac, are an interesting bunch, but I was unable to warm to Mr Neville. I have to admit to this being the first Anita Brookner I have read - it won't be my last.
Edith Hope is in disgrace and working out her probation on the shores of Lake Geneva. Friends and family have banished her to seemly Swiss solitude until such times as she recovers her senses. This novel won the Booker Prize in 1985.
A lovely genteel novel. I really warmed to Edith Hope (she has the exact same name as my aunt)and felt her weariness with life and love, and how to get through it. The other occupants of Hotel du Lac, are an interesting bunch, but I was unable to warm to Mr Neville. I have to admit to this being the first Anita Brookner I have read - it won't be my last.