Hotel Du Lac
Fascinating
Sophisticated
Thought provoking

Hotel Du Lac

In the novel that won her the Booker Prize and established her international reputation, Anita Brookner finds a new vocabulary for framing the eternal question "Why love?" It tells the story of Edith Hope, who writes romance novels under a pseudonym. When her life begins to resemble the plots of her own novels, however, Edith flees to Switzerland, where the quiet luxury of the Hotel du Lac promises to resore her to her senses. But instead of peace and rest, Edith finds herself sequestered at the hotel with an assortment of love's casualties and exiles. She also attracts the attention of a worldly man determined to release her unused capacity for mischief and pleasure. Beautifully observed, witheringly funny, Hotel du Lac is Brookner at her most stylish and potently subversive.
Sign up to use

Reviews

Photo of Dora Tominic
Dora Tominic@dorkele
Photo of Sarah Erle
Sarah Erle@serle
4 stars
Nov 21, 2022
Photo of Nadine
Nadine @intlnadine
4 stars
Feb 18, 2022
Photo of Trevor Berrett
Trevor Berrett@mookse
3 stars
Nov 10, 2021
Photo of Sophie Shrimpton
Sophie Shrimpton@sinta
2 stars
Aug 25, 2021
Photo of MJ
MJ@mikejonesberlin
5 stars
Jul 4, 2025
Photo of James Haliburton
James Haliburton@jdhberlin
5 stars
Dec 14, 2024
Photo of Erica DeMatos
Erica DeMatos@ericadematos
4.5 stars
Jul 23, 2024
Photo of Meniah
Meniah@athoughtfulrecord
4 stars
Dec 21, 2023
Fascinating
Sophisticated
Thought provoking
Photo of Fasiha🌺🐧
Fasiha🌺🐧@faszari98
3.5 stars
Jun 11, 2023
Photo of Madeleine Crowther
Madeleine Crowther@maddyc
4.5 stars
Jul 22, 2022
Photo of Melis
Melis@rusalka
4 stars
Mar 12, 2024
Photo of Sonia Grgas
Sonia Grgas@sg911911
5 stars
Feb 23, 2024
Photo of Jacob Mishook
Jacob Mishook@jmishook
4 stars
Oct 16, 2022
Photo of Nicole Vanderbilt
Nicole Vanderbilt@nmvandy
4 stars
Sep 2, 2022
Photo of Sabrina Z
Sabrina Z@speckledlight
3 stars
Apr 4, 2022
Photo of Liam Byrne
Liam Byrne @tvtimelimit
3 stars
Jan 17, 2022
Photo of Moray Lyle McIntosh
Moray Lyle McIntosh@bookish_arcadia
4 stars
Dec 5, 2021
Photo of Ece Nur Masood
Ece Nur Masood@ece
5 stars
Nov 2, 2021
Photo of Nathan Griffin
Nathan Griffin@burdell
3 stars
Oct 29, 2021
Photo of Rocio Postigo
Rocio Postigo@mrocio
4 stars
Oct 26, 2021
Photo of Rachel Prudden
Rachel Prudden@stubborncurias
3 stars
Sep 14, 2021