{"product_id":"haotel-splendid-paperback","title":"Haotel Splendid - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarie Redonnet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJordan Stump\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike traveling a very long, very dark tunnel into a blinding bright beautiful light\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Kirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHôtel Splendid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e recounts the daily life of three sisters who live in a decrepit hotel on the edge of a swamp. The narrator, the youngest of the sisters, struggles to preserve the hotel in the face of insurmountable dilemmas: the decay of the building, the indifference and illness of her sisters, the remorseless expansion of the swamp. Confronted with dissolution and death, she displays a tireless persistence that is nearly as mysterious as it is moving. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is one of three novels that are the first works to appear in English by Marie Redonnet, one of France's most original new authors (the other novels are \u003ci\u003eForever Valley\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRose Mellie Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, both also available from the University of Nebraska Press). Translator Jordan Stump notes that these books \"unmistakably fit together, although they have neither characters nor setting in common.\" In all three novels, Redonnet has said, \"it is the women who fight, who seek, who create.\" \u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHotel Splendid recounts the daily lives of three sisters who live in a decrepit hotel on the edge of the swamp. The narrator, the youngest of the sisters, struggles to preserve the hotel in the face of insurmountable dilemmas: the decay of the building, the indifference and illness of her sisters, the remorseless expansion of the swamp. Confronted with dissolution and death, she displays a tireless persistence that is nearly as mysterious as it is moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJordan Stump is a professor of French at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 130\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 7.5 x 4.77 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44304494854246,"sku":"9780803289536","price":25.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/aExzMmlNNWdQanJKVk04ZkhnazVxZz09.webp?v=1767603331","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/haotel-splendid-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}