Palace of Flies Kappacher Walter
Palace of Flies Kappacher Walter One of those rare biographical novels that bring a whole world to life in a way that lingers in memory. But in the spa town where he once thrilled to the joys of…
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Palace of Flies Kappacher Walter
One of those rare biographical novels that bring a whole world to life in a way that lingers in memory. But in the spa town where he once thrilled to the joys of youth, he now feels unproductive and uninspired, adrift in the modern world born after World War One. --Jay Parini, author of Borges and MeThis absorbing, sensitive novel portrays a famed author in a moment of crisis: an aging Hugo von Hofmannsthal returns to a summer resort outside of Salzburg that he visited as a child.
The writer is plagued by feelings of loneliness and failure that echo in a buzz of inner monologues, imaginary conversations and nostalgic memories of relationships with glittering cultural figures. Over ten days in 1924 in a ramshackle inn that has been renamed the Grand Hotel, Hofmannsthal fruitlessly attempts to complete a play he's long been wrestling with. Palace of Flies