The White Hotel by D M Thomas
A novel of searing eroticism and sensuality set against the broad sweep of twentieth-century history, the Booker Prize shortlisted THE WHITE HOTEL is a modern classic.
A novel of blazing imaginative and intellectual force -- Salman Rushdie
To describe this novel as spine-tingling in its indescribable poetic effect would be to trivialize its profoundly tragic themeSay then that it is heart-stunning * The New York Times *
Astonishing ... A forthright sensuality mixed with a fine historical feeling for the nightmare moments in modern history, a dreamlike fluidity and quickness -- John Updike
A remarkable and original novel ... there is no novel to my knowledge which resembles this in technique or ideas. It stands alone -- Graham Greene
This novel is a reminder that fiction can amaze * Time *
Precise, troubling, brilliant * Observer *
To describe this novel as spine-tingling in its indescribable poetic effect would be to trivialize its profoundly tragic themeSay then that it is heart-stunning * The New York Times *
Astonishing ... A forthright sensuality mixed with a fine historical feeling for the nightmare moments in modern history, a dreamlike fluidity and quickness -- John Updike
A dazzler that lingers in the mind
* People *A remarkable and original novel ... there is no novel to my knowledge which resembles this in technique or ideas. It stands alone -- Graham Greene
This novel is a reminder that fiction can amaze * Time *
Precise, troubling, brilliant * Observer *
D.M. Thomas was born in Cornwall in 1935. After reading English at New College, Oxford, he became a teacher until he became a full-time writer. His novels include THE FLUTE PLAYER, ARARAT, SWALLOW, SPHINX, SUMMIT, FLYING INTO LOVE and EATING PAVLOVA. He has also published memoirs, several volumes of poetry and translations of Pushkin and Anna Akhmatova. He now lives in Cornwall.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780753809259 |
| ISBN 10 | 0753809257 |
| Title | The White Hotel |
| Author | D M Thomas |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2004-06-03 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for World Fantasy Award 1982 (UK), Short-listed for The Booker Prize 1981 (UK) |
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