Book: Hotel Du LacAuthor: Anita BrooknerRating: 2
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Summary:Hotel Du Lac is a short novel on the solitary musings of a lone author- Edith Hope. The novel opens on the first day of Edith's stay at the Hotel and ends on the day of her departure. We get glimpses of Edith's life as a spinster and as an author through her various reflections during this short phase of her life.Edith has apparently been forced to leave her residence as a reaction to some strong step taken by Edith that had hurt many sentiments. The reader understand the true nature of this step only in the second half of the novel. Edith is portrayed as a demure and reticent writer who likes to listen more than to talk. She can make friends easily due to this. As a result Edith is sociably involved with almost all the guests staying at the hotel. Edith studies each character meticulously. She wants to overcome her own boredom and also wants to hunt for new ideas for her upcoming novel.The second half of the novel is a study of how Edith moves on after the life-changing incident whose repercussions she wants to run away from by staying in the hotel.
