Hotel Du Lac
by Anita Brookner
ISBN: 0394542150
ISBN-13: 9780394542157
Format: Hardcover
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"A novel about romance, and reality, and the gap between them... It has a good deal to say about loneliness and vulnerability, about sensitive losers and insensitive winners." -- John Gross
-- New York Times
"Miss Brookner's most absorbing novel... The writing is graceful and attractive." -- Anne Tyler
"All of Brookner's novels are about the transformation of frightened and angry girls (who may be 40 years old) into competent and confident women...In Brookner's decorous and difficult world, one becomes a feminist by learning to be a lady." -- Sally Helgesen
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Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1985
Publisher's Notes
Recounts the holiday of Edith Hope, meek, unmarried, and thirty-nine, who, on the mend from a disastrous love affair, becomes intimately involved with her fellow guests at the Swiss Hotel du Lac.
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Hotel Du Lac
Brookner, Anita
Pantheon. Hardcover. 0394542150 A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. 1985 Pantheon Hard Cover Missing Dust Jacket . Very Good. 1985. ( more information) Offered by Seashellbooks.com, Inc. (United States)
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Pantheon. Used - Good. Former Library book.1st American ed. GOOD with average wear to cover, pages and binding. We ship quickly and work hard to earn your confidence. Orders are generally shipped no later than next business day. We offer a no hassle guarantee on all our items. ( more information) Offered by River City Books, LLC (United States)
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Pantheon, 1985-01-12. Hardcover. Very Good. Please remember: This item is in used condition. Very Good: Copy has been read, but remains in very good condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. ( more information) Offered by C E BOOKS/Classic Education (United States)
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Pantheon. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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Pantheon. Hardcover. 0394542150 . Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Heroic Image (United States)
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Brookner, Anita
Pantheon. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0394542150 . Great Value. Prompt delivery with tracking. Many satisfied customers. Satisfaction guaranteed. Enjoy! ; 184 pages . ( more information) Offered by For My Lambs (United States)
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Hotel Du Lac
Brookner, Anita
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1985. Owner Name, DJ Price Clipped. ISBN: 0-394-54215-0. Very Good/Very Good. SWITZERLAND FICTION. ( more information) Offered by Wimsey's (United States)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1984. Hard Cover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Back cover has oily spot and sm tear. Price clipped--but it's a Book Club Edition, so not sure why. Good reading copy. Good buy.. SWITZERLAND FICTION BOOKER PRIZE GENERAL 0394542150 FICTION, NOVELS AND PLAYS. ( more information) Offered by Georgia Bookscout (United States)
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Hotel Du Lac Winner of the 1984 Booker Prize
Anita Brookner
Doubleday. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket; Pages clean tight and unmarked . - stain on first end paper and inside front board - DJ has slight edgewear. 1984. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0394542150 . Heatbreakingly funny book tell the story of Edith Hope's holiday. Intending to bury herself in writing her latest romance novel she finds herself preoccupied with her fellow guests instead. ; 53/4" - 81/2"; 184 pages . ( more information) Offered by Mystery Garden Books (United States)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1984. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Am. Ed, 7th printing. Only problems are: 3/8-inch tear at upper front spine and a sm hole (BB?) thru front DJ and cover, w/ ding on fep and 1 or 2 pp. beyond--otherwise VG or Fine book and DJ.. SWITZERLAND FICTION BOOKER PRIZE GENERAL 0394542150 FICTION, NOVELS AND PLAYS. ( more information) Offered by Georgia Bookscout (United States)
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Pantheon. Hardcover. 0394542150 . Fine. ( more information) Offered by Heroic Image (United States)
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Brookner, Anita
New York: Pantheon Books. 1985. Hard Cover. Good +. 184 pgs. Interior- Nice overall condition. The boards have only light signs of use. ( more information) Offered by Once Upon a Time Books (United States)
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Brookner, Anita
N . Y.: Pantheon Books, 1984. X-Library with normal flaws..The hard cover and the jacket has very light shelf wear................We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by... 5th. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Cover Art. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Back. ( more information) Offered by Add-More Books (United States)
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Brookner, Anita
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1985. Dj has minimal shelf rubbing/edge wear.. Later printing. Hard Cover with dust jacket. Good/Good. Trade size. No markings, no tears. ( more information) Offered by Buy The Book Again (United States)
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Hotel Du Lac
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Pantheon. Used - Very Good. no dust jacket Dust Jacket Condition: VERY GOOD ( more information) Offered by Wonder Book (United States)
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Brookner, Anita
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1985 Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by King's Books (United States)
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HOTEL DU LAC
BROOKNER, ANITA
Pantheon, January 12, 1985. Hardcover. Good. Literature & Fiction : Authors, A-Z : ( B ) : Brookner, Anita ( more information) Offered by Pioneer Book (United States)
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1985. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Steve Wojciechowski, Bookseller (United States)
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Brookner, Anita
Pantheon Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket 1987. Hardcover. Name inside two 1/4 "tears DJ o/w shiny new. Mail SAMEDAY! ; 185 pages . ( more information) Offered by BobPrudhomme, Relentless Bookfinder (United States)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1985 Slight edge wear.. Hard Cover. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by King's Books (United States)
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Brookner, Anita
Pantheon Books. Good in Good dust jacket. 1984. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0394542150 . Name embossed on front end paper. Tan boards. ; 185 pages . ( more information) Offered by Roses Are Read Books (United States)
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Pantheon Books, 1984. Front free end page removed. Standard ex-library flaws, but no sticker on spine, no interior markings. Binding firm.. ISBN: 0394542150. Hard Cover. Spine Cocked/Moderate dust jacket wear. Ex-Library. SWITZERLAND FICTION. ( more information) Offered by Books Do Furnish A Room (United States)
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Brookner, Anita
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1985. Clean, tight copy with no writings or markings. Not an Ex-library book. Tan cover with Gold lettering. Includes 12 chapters, and a brief bography of the author. . Number Line 6 8 9 7 5. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Measures: 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". 184 Pages. ( more information) Offered by JP's Books and Beyond (United States)
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1985. X-library: UPC sticker, stamp & card pocket on fep. Clean text. Dust jacket in a mylar cover and taped down to book covers.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Good+=/Good++ Dust Jacket. Illus. by Cvr Art By Judy Pedersen . 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Ex-Library. ( more information) Offered by Acme Books (United States)
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New York: Pantheon Books, 1984. 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET. BROWN HALF - CLOTH COVER. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. ( more information) Offered by Mybooklocator (United States)
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Hotel du Lac
Anita Brookner
Pantheon. Used - Very Good. Average condition for its age. No objectionable defects; no underlining; no highlighting; no internal markings. Book shoes edgewear at bottom; jacket shows general edgewear and inside front cover of jacket is creased in several places. Hardcover. 1st American ed. 1985 Hardcover w / dustjacket ( more information) Offered by BookZone U.S.A. (United States)
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Hotel du Lac
Brookner, Anita
New York, New York: Pantheon Books, 1984. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Light edge and shelf wear to dustjacket. Remainder mark. ISBN: 0394542150. ( more information) Offered by Adventures Underground (United States)
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HOTEL DU LAC
BROOKNER, ANITA
Pantheon, 1984. Hardcover. Good/Good. Inside end page has the previous owners initials and a mark from a facing price sticker on the DJ flap. DJ is not price clipped. Top edge of book has a slight stain. Other than that just light wear to jacket and book. Inside is clean and excellent with no markings. From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Jesse Larsen: In the beginning of this novel, we know only that Edith Hope, "a writer of romantic fiction under a more thrusting name" has been banished to the Hotel du Lac, a "quiet hotel ... in which she could be counted upon to retrieve her serious and hard-working personality and to forget the unfortunate lapse which had led to this brief exile." Penelope, the friend and neighbor responsible for sending Edith away for her as-yet-unexplained act is prepared to forgive only when Edith becomes "properly apologetic." Slowly, through luxurious prose narrated by way of Edith's thoughts, unsent letters, and conversations with Hotel residents, Edith's transgression emerges. Not surprisingly, this is a story of Orders normally ship in 1-2 business days depending on what time payment is completed. ( more information) Offered by Desktop Music, LLC (United States)
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Hotel Du Lac
Brookner, Anita
Pantheon. Hardcover. 0394542150 Previous Owners name inside cover,sticker on dustcover edge. Hardcover,Very Good condition.With Dust Cover, some minor edgewear,could have initials, penciled or ink marks inside cover or the title page no marks on the reading pages, Good, tight readable copy with typical reading wear,May have Price sticker on cover . Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Magikal Journeys Books, Inc. (United States)
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Hotel du Lac
Brookner, Anita
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pantheon, 1985. New York: Pantheon Books, C1985. Hardcover, Edition not stated, Very Good/Dust Jacket Very Good, 184 p. brown boards. remainder mark. . ISBN: 0394542150.. ISBN: 0394542150. Not Stated. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SWITZERLAND FICTION GENERAL. ( more information) Offered by ALL ABOUT AUTHORS (United States)
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Hotel Du Lac
Anita Brookner
Pantheon, 1985-01-12. 5th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good Condition. Binding tight, pages clean. 5th Printing. Very nice copy! ( more information) Offered by Top Shelf Books (United States)
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BROOKNER, Anita
NY: Pantheon. Very Good+ in Very Good dust wrapper. 1984. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394542150. 184 pages; Red remainder mark on bottom edge extends to bumped spine foot. Dust wrapper, not price clipped, is lightly rubbed and edgeworn with a sunned spine.; Brookner won the Booker Prize for this sad and funny novel told in retrospect by Edith Hope (known professionally as romance writer Veronica Wilde) who has been "banished" to the Hotel du Lac in Switzerland - but for what? As she "recovers" she observes the life and loves of her fellow guests, and becomes involved with them - and we learn what has brought her to this hotel by the lake. Filmed in 1986 by British television, starring Anna Massey as Edith, with Denholm Elliott and Googie Withers. . ( more information) Offered by Anglophile Books - AnglophileBooks.com (United States)
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Hotel Du Lac
Brookner, Anita
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 1985 First edition hardcover. Near Fine in VG (crease along front flap) dj.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8.5 inches Tall. ( more information) Offered by Artists + Authors (United States)
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Brookner, Anita
N.Y.: Pantheon Books, 1985 184pp. A fine book with a fine dust jacket. 1st printing.. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Adams & Adams - Booksellers (United States)
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Hotel Du Lac
Brookner, Anita
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0394542150 . About new book in bright dj with just a hint of shelfwear. Booker Prize winning book. . ( more information) Offered by B-Line Books (Canada)
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Hotel du Lac
Brookner, Anita
New York: Pantheon Books, 1985 8vo. 184pp in protective cover. Light bumping to edges. DJ has minor edge wear. Booker Prize winner.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. ( more information) Offered by Cardinal Books (United States)
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Hotel Du Lac
Anita Brookner
Pantheon, 1984, 1984 Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American. Winner of the Booker Prize. Ink name on pastedown.Very fine in like jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Hotel Du Lac
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Brookner, Anita
Pantheon, 1984. 184pp. Good things come in small packages, they say, and this slim gorgeous novel hasn't an extra word or line but packs the wallop of a book twice its size...some of the world's finest novels have featured writers as heroes, or heroines, and this ranks well up among the best. Near new . Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Price Intact. ( more information) Offered by abccbooks.com (United States)
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Brookner, Anita
New York: Pantheon, 1985. Fine (slightest trace of foxing on top edges) in a Fine DJ. Winner of the 1984 Booker Prize.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. ( more information) Offered by modern-ISM (United States)
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Brookner, Anita
Pantheon. Hardcover. 0394542150 Excellent condition, hardback 1985, no marks, great cover, readit . Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Agora Bookstore (United States)
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Brookner, Anita
Pantheon. Hardcover. 0394542150 New with very slight shelf wear from time on shelf (like you'd see at a major chain). We ship daily, provide personalized customer service and want you to have a great experience purchasing from us. Thank you for your consideration. . New. ( more information) Offered by BennettBooksLtd (United States)
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Hotel Du Lac
Brookner, Anita
New York, New York, U.S.A: Pantheon Books, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Fourth Printing, minor wear to extremities, sun fade along edges, PO emboss stamp on ffep, Dust Jacket has slight wear to edges, is not price clipped, covered in Mylar for protection. ( more information) Offered by BecLyn Books (United States)
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HOTEL DU LAC [ 1st ]
BROOKNER, Anita
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Winner of the 1984 Booker Prize for Fiction. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.. First Edition First Printing. ( more information) Offered by Rare Book Cellar (United States)
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