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Zenith Hotel
Oscar Coop-Phane
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Description for Zenith Hotel
Hardcover. Translator(s): Schwartz, Ros. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 119 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
I m a street prostitute. Not a call girl or anything. No, a real street whore, with stiletto heels and menthol cigarettes. Narrator Nanou gives a detailed account of her day, from the moment she wakes up with a foul taste in her mouth, in her sordid rented room, until the minute she crawls back into her bed at night to sleep. Interwoven with her story are portraits of her clients. Oscar Coop-Phane invents an astonishing cast of original and deeply human characters losers, defeated by the world around them who seek solace in Nanou s arms. Original and moving, ... Read more
I m a street prostitute. Not a call girl or anything. No, a real street whore, with stiletto heels and menthol cigarettes. Narrator Nanou gives a detailed account of her day, from the moment she wakes up with a foul taste in her mouth, in her sordid rented room, until the minute she crawls back into her bed at night to sleep. Interwoven with her story are portraits of her clients. Oscar Coop-Phane invents an astonishing cast of original and deeply human characters losers, defeated by the world around them who seek solace in Nanou s arms. Original and moving, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Arcadia Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
126
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
159g
Number of Pages
126
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909807501
SKU
V9781909807501
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About Oscar Coop-Phane
Oscar Coop-Phane was born in 1988. He left home at 16 with dreams of becoming a painter and at 20 moved to Berlin where he spent a year writing and reading classics. There he wrote Zenith Hotel and then Tomorrow, Berlin (Arcadia, 2015). He now lives in Brussels, where he is working on his next novel.
Reviews for Zenith Hotel
'The novel unfolds with a sympathetic clarity that refuses to shy away from both the harsh realities of life and the bits of gentleness and hope that can be found among the shadows.'
World Lit Today
'The best first novel of the year'
Le Parisien
'One of the most intriguing and exciting new voices on the ... Read more
World Lit Today
'The best first novel of the year'
Le Parisien
'One of the most intriguing and exciting new voices on the ... Read more