9780060852252
Hotel De Dream
Edmund White
ISBN 13: 9780060852252
Publisher: Ecco Pr
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Hardcover
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A tale inspired by the final days of literary master Stephen Crane is set in the underworld of turn-of-the-century New York and follows his death-bed dictation of his final novel,
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"Chief among the book's pleasures is its impressionistic recreation of the miseries and splendours of fin-de-siècle Manhattan - swarming, noisy, riddled with both luxury and poverty....But it is as a love story, not as historical fiction, that the book matters. It reminds us that when it comes to love - or writing - the only struggle that counts is the struggle to imagine other lives. When, as here, he is at the top of his form, White simply does it better than most."
Neil Bartlett, Guardian (London), 08/18/2007
Review:"HOTEL DE DREAM is an echo chamber of allusion, and [Edmund] White deals elegantly with themes of literary influence, indebtedness and impersonation...[and performs] remarkable feats of stylistic impersonation, the language persuasive without seeming mannered....[A] vivid and powerful novel."
Sophie Gee, New York Times Book Review, 09/16/2007
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Book Description: Ecco Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2007. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. First printing. Shows a hint of light browning on the top edge of the bound pages adjacent to the spine from light exposure while on our shop shelves. Bookseller Inventory # 011120 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Hotel de Dream: A New York Novel (Hardback) (ISBN: 9780060852252) White, Edmund Quantity Available: 1
Book Description: Ecco Press, 2007. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 215 x 156 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. In a damp, old sussex castle, American literary phenomenon Stephen Crane lies on his deathbed, wasting away from tuberculosis at the age of twenty-eight. The world-famous author of The Red Badge of Courage has retreated to England with his wife, Cora, in part to avoid gossip about her ignominious past as the proprietress of a Florida bordello, the Hotel de Dream. Though Crane's days are numbered, he and Cora live riotously, running up bills they'll never be able to pay, receiving visitors like Henry James and Joseph Conrad, and even planning a mad dash to Germany's Black Forest, where Cora hopes a leading TB specialist will provide a miracle cure. Then, in the midst of the confusion and gathering tragedy of their lives, Crane begins dictating a strange novel. The Painted Boy draws from Crane's erstwhile journalist days in New York in the 1890s, a poignant story about a boy prostitute and the married man who ruins his own life to win the boy's love. Crane originally planned the book as a companion piece to Maggie, Girl of the Streets, but abandoned it when literary friends convinced him that such scandalous subject matter would destroy his career. Now, with his last breath, Crane devotes himself to refashioning this powerful novel, into which he pours his fascination with the underworld, his sympathy for the poor, his experiences as a reporter among New York's lowlife?and his complex feelings for his own devoted wife. Seamlessly flowing between the vibrant, seedy atmosphere of turn-of-the-century Manhattan and the quiet Sussex countryside, Hotel de Dream tenderly presents the double love stories of Cora and Crane, and the painted boy and his banker lover. The brilliant novel-within-a-novel combines the youthful simplicity of Crane's own prose with White's elegant sense of form, offering an unforgettable portrait of passion in all its guises. Bookseller Inventory # FLT9780060852252 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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