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'A damn fine novel . . . haunting and evocative and immersive' George R. R. Martin, author of
A Game of Thrones
'A perfect post-lockdown read . . . Mandel is a terrific storyteller'
Sunday Times
'Elegant . . . beguiling'
Guardian
Vincent is the beautiful bartender at the exclusive Hotel Caiette. When New York financier Jonathan Alkaitis walks into the hotel and hands her his card, it is the beginning of their life together.
That same night, a hooded figure scrawls a note on the windowed wall of the hotel: 'Why don't you swallow broken glass.' Leon Prevant, a shipping executive for a company called Neptune-Avramidis, sees the words from the bar and is shaken to his core.
When Alkaitis's seemingly successful investment fund is revealed to be a Ponzi scheme, Leon loses his retirement savings in the fallout, but Vincent seemingly walks away unscathed. Until, a decade later, she disappears from the deck of a Neptune-Avramidis ship . . .
'Fascinating and affecting'
Stylist
'A beguiling tale about skewed morals and reckless lives . . . immersive'
The Economist
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Emily St. John Mandel was born in Canada and studied dance at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre. Her novels are Last Night in Montreal, The Singer’s Gun, The Lola Quartet, Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel and Sea of Tranquility. She lives in New York City and Los Angeles.
Zusammenfassung
&p>&i>The Glass Hotel&/i> is the story of the lives caught up in two very different tragedies: a woman disappearing from a container ship off the coast of Mauritania and a massive Ponzi scheme imploding in New York, dragging countless fortunes with it.&/p>
Vorwort
The Glass Hotel is the story of the lives caught up in two very different tragedies: a woman disappearing from a container ship off the coast of Mauritania and a massive Ponzi scheme imploding in New York, dragging countless fortunes with it.
Zusatztext
The Glass Hotel is as tightly constructed as a detective fiction, with its mysteries, apparently discrete events leading to revelations, dire consequences . . . a superb performance
