Hotel World

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• The haunters and the haunted

  Wooooooooooo-hooooooooo what a fall what a soar what a plummet what a dash into dark into light what a plunge what a glide thud crash what a drop what a rush what a swoop what a fright what a mad hushed skirl what a smash mush mash-up broke and gashe ... (read full critics)

  spectator published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

• Hotel World

  Try this: judge a book by how many times the words on the page send your face up and out and your breath quickly inwards, in excitement, astonishment, joy, wonder. It happens every couple of pages with Hotel World, Scottish writer Ali Smith's Booker ... (read full critics)

  raintaxi published on Fri, 3 Sep 2010

3 Reviews

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  Not so much a story as an orgy of words. You've got to be in the mood for this one (page 1 is a good test), but if you are it is poetic, moving and quite good. Not loving it, but perhaps I've not taken enough time to savour it.

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  annemarie said on Sep 16, 2006 | Add your feedback

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  I read this book in a couple of days last week and I absolutely loved it. Several characters tell each their own story as well as their take on the crucial event at the hotel that changed everybody's life. The hotel seems thus the centre of so many different people living so very different lives, an ... (continue)

  I read this book in a couple of days last week and I absolutely loved it. Several characters tell each their own story as well as their take on the crucial event at the hotel that changed everybody's life. The hotel seems thus the centre of so many different people living so very different lives, and yet coming to meet and interact because of this unexpected death. Different details take huge importance from different points of view and add up to help the reader see the big picture. The ghost of the dead is still there haunting the living in search for the explanations and the missing words that will finally set her free. The carefully chosen language and styles make it all so much more fascinating. A great read, even better than The Accidental, by the same author.

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  mikime said on Jan 25, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Read for 'Issues in Contemporary Literature' and I just can't like Ali Smith!

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  Poppy Petalled Metaphysics said on Oct 7, 2007 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 256 Pages
• Edition: 1st Anchor Books ed
• ISBN-10: 0385722109
• ISBN-13: 9780385722100
• Publisher: Anchor
• Pub date: Jan 15, 2002
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette and Others
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