Hotel Du Lac | 
pickA magnificent blending of Brookner complexity and the elevated language of the self-important.
Edith Hope goes to Switzerland to hide awhile after damaging her reputation with a scandal. She's an author of "romantic fiction", who hopes to get some writing done. Her hotel on the lake is half empty. She has landed in a cozy isolation. So, of course, she gets involved with the other guests. Fun stuff.
Graywacke When asked to sex up her books for the liberated women readers, Edith tells her editor that's not what they want. "...they prefer the old myths, when it comes to the crunch. They want to believe that they are going to be discovered, looking their best, behind closed doors, just when they thought all was lost, by a man who has battled across continents, abandoning whatever he may have had in his in-tray, to reclaim them." 1d
Graywacke Edith thinks a lot about writing. In one fun line she thinks, "The sensation of being entertained by words was one she encountered all too rarely. People expect writers to entertain _them_, she reflected. They consider that writers should be gratified simply by performing their task to the audience's satisfaction. Like sycophants at court in the Middle Ages, dwarves, jongleurs. And what about _us_? Nobody thinks about entertaining _us_.” 1d
AlaMich This sounds good! 1d
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LeahBergen I adore this book! 1d
Graywacke @AlaMich I was. And short. 😉 24h
Graywacke @LeahBergen yay. It‘s a special book 24h
dabbe 💛🐾🤎 20h
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