The Little Hotel - Christina Stead

[Luke]

The Little Hotel, Christina Stead, 1973, Switzerland (Australia),, NOVEL

"The Little Hotel is an in-depth examination of the longings and dreams of the owners, workers, and guests of a "fourth-rate" Swiss hotel shortly after World War II...The staff tries to decipher the whims of the guests and deal with their own situations, and while many of the guests see the staff as friends, it is not an equal relationship—a difference that is not lost on the workers..."

(H.S., p. 218)

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Zanna

[Zanna]

This book is pointed and intelligent and structured with originality but I did not find it edifying.