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Hotel World

By Ali Smith
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Hotel World by Ali Smith weaves together the stories of five distinct women connected by a single event at a hotel, exploring themes of life, death, and the interconnectedness of human experience. The narrative is a lyrical exploration of time and existence, highlighting moments of grief, love, and unexpected revelations. Through its inventive style, the book challenges the way we perceive reality and each other.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate stories that weave together multiple perspectives with a touch of magic realism. It offers a poignant exploration of life, death, and the connections in between, wrapped in lyrical and innovative prose. This book may appeal to you if you enjoy thought-provoking narratives that challenge conventional storytelling.

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Hotel World

Featuring five people, this book focuses on these characters and traces their intersecting lives.

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Five people: four are living, three are strangers, two are sisters, one is dead. In her highly acclaimed and most ambitious book to date, the brilliant young Scottish writer, Ali Smith, brings alive five unforgettable characters and traces their intersecting lives.

This is a short novel with big themes: time, chance, money, death, but an eye for tiny detail: the taste of dust, the weight of a few coins in the hand, the pleasurable pain of a stone in one's shoe.

For anybody who has ever stayed in a hotel, worked in a hotel, longed to check in to a hotel, this book is a must — Jackie Kay.

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Hotel World by Ali Smith has been praised for its inventive style, lyrical prose, and the depth of its exploration into themes of life, death, and human connection. Reviewers highlight Smith's mastery in creating vivid descriptions and intricate character voices, drawing comparisons to Modernist writers. The novel's ability to evoke emotions like sadness and wonder is noted, making it simultaneously challenging and richly rewarding. Its recognition as a finalist for both the Orange Prize and Booker Prize underscores its literary significance.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780140296792

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 April 2002

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 183g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

Ali Smith was born in Inverness in 1962. She is the author of Free Love and Other Stories, Like, Other Stories and Other Stories, Hotel World, The Whole Story and Other Stories, The Accidental, Girl Meets Boy, The First Person and Other Stories, There but for the, Artful, How to be both, and Public Library and other stories. Hotel World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize and The Accidental was shortlisted for the Man Booker and the Orange Prize. How to be both won the Baileys Prize, the Goldsmiths Prize and the Costa Novel Award and was shortlisted for the Man Booker and the Folio Prize. Ali Smith lives in Cambridge and her next novel is forthcoming in 2016.

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