Grand Hotel
(Book)
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Author
Contributors
Creighton, Basil, translator.
Published
New York : NYRB Classics, 2016.
Physical Desc
270 pages
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Ridgway Public Library - FICTION | FIC BAU | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : NYRB Classics, 2016.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Description
"A grand hotel in the center of 1920s Berlin serves as a microcosm of the modern world in Vicki Baum's celebrated novel, a Weimar-era bestseller that retains all its verve and luster today. Among the guests of the hotel is Dr. Otternschlag, a World War I veteran whose face has been sliced in half by a shell. Day after day he emerges to read the paper in the lobby, discreetly inquiring at the desk if the letter he's been awaiting for years has arrived. Then there is Grusinskaya, a great ballerina now fighting a losing battle not so much against age as against her fear of it, and Gaigern, a sleek professional thief, who may or may not be made for each other. Herr Preysing also checks in, the director of a family firm that isn't as flourishing as it appears, who would never imagine that Kringelein, his underling, a timorous petty clerk he's bullied for years, has also come to Berlin, determined to live at last now that he's received a medical death sentence. All these characters and more, with their secret fears and hopes, come together and come alive in the pages of Baum's delicious and disturbing masterpiece"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Baum, V., & Creighton, B. (2016). Grand Hotel . NYRB Classics.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Baum, Vicki, 1888-1960 and Basil, Creighton. 2016. Grand Hotel. NYRB Classics.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Baum, Vicki, 1888-1960 and Basil, Creighton. Grand Hotel NYRB Classics, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Baum, Vicki, and Basil Creighton. Grand Hotel NYRB Classics, 2016.
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