THE PINK HOTEL
Book ID/图书代码： 04300010B41962
English Summary/英文概要： The Pink Hotel, Anna Stothard’s stunning second novel after the critical and commercial success of Isabel and Rocco, is a tale about finding love in the most unlikely of places.
A seventeen-year-old London girl flies to Los Angeles for the funeral of her mother Lily, from whom she had been separated in her childhood. After stealing a suitcase of letters, clothes and photographs from her mum’s bedroom at the top of a hotel on Venice Beach, the girl spends her summer travelling around Los Angeles returning love letters and photographs to the men who had known her mother. As she discovers more about Mandy’s past and tries to re-enact her life, she comes to question the foundations of her own personality.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 快樂也好，痛苦也罷，就算過往的時光喚不回，至少我曾試圖抓住她所留下的隻字片語。
這是一趟送別之旅，也是一趟尋母之旅。我相信唯有好好地告別，才能重新開始新生活。
十七歲的少女獨自從倫敦搭上飛往洛杉磯的班機。這趟旅行的目的是參加母親Lily的葬禮。
葬禮結束後，她來到威尼斯海灘的粉紅旅館。這裡是母親生前居住的地方。看著凌亂的房間，對照窗外碧海藍天。她腦中不斷思考，三歲那年母親離開後是過著怎樣的生活？她究竟是個怎樣的人？
離開前她順手帶走了一只箱子，裡面有母親多年來與不同男人來往的情書、照片。這個夏天她走遍洛杉磯各地，逐一歸還母親的信件。透過不同的情書和這些男人，她開始認識那位熟悉的陌生人。(XMM & Iris)
Awards/获奖情况：Anna Paquin, perhaps better known as Sookie Stookhouse from True Blood, and partner, Stephen Moyer (who plays Sookie’s vampire ex, Bill Compton) have created their own film production company, CASM Films.
more information: http://forbookssake.net/2012/06/14/exclusive-the-pink-hotel-by-anna-stothard-to-be-adapted-into-film/Rights sold:
Germany – Diogenes
Czech Republic - Albatros
Thailand - Post Publishing
Simplified Chinese
Longlisted for the Orange Fiction Prize 2012
Review:
“The second novel is the real test of a young writer, and this one is astonishingly good … Stothard’s writing is accomplished and very engaging.”---Kate Saunders, The Times
“Matters of personal identity underlie an exhilarating ride through LA’s seamier side in the company of a hard-bitten yet highly engaging protagonist.”---Ross Gilfillan, The Mail
“A poignant novel about identity, and a love/hate letter to LA.”---Glamour Magazine
“An elegant noirish mystery.”---Amanda Craig, The Independent
“A gently transgressive, transatlantic quest that conjures up both the languid heat of LA and the confusions of a young woman on the cusp.”---The Lady
“A slow burn classic in the making.”---Anne Brook, Vulpes Libris
“Anna Stothard’s descriptions are almost like a painting – the reader finds themselves slap bang in the middle of the America that is rarely shown in film or novels.”---Anne Cater, NewBooks
“Anna Stothard’s dark debut Isabel and Rocco, written while the author was still at school, was a McEwan-esque tale about two teenage siblings left to fend for themselves. Her second novel, set amongst the naval- gazers of California, proves no less precocious.”---Emma Hagestadt, The Independent
About the Author/作者介绍： Anna Stothard 出生於倫敦，在華盛頓渡過童年，成年後大部分時間在倫敦度過，中間穿插北京和紐約的生活。自牛津大學畢業後，取得美國電影學院獎學金，於是她在加州度過兩年的時光。目前常為許多報章雜誌撰寫專欄。首部作品Isabel and Rocco於2004年出版，現居於倫敦，專心撰寫第三部小說。
Anna Stothard was born in London. She lived in Washington DC as a child; but grew up mostly in London with interludes in Beijing and New York. She studied English Literature at Oxford.
After university she moved to Los Angeles and was awarded a screenwriting scholarship at The American Film Institute. She lived in East Hollywood for two years, near Charles Bukowski’s favourite liquor store.
She has written weekly columns in the Observer and the Sunday Telegraph, as well as other freelance journalism. Her first novel, Isabel and Rocco, was published in 2004. Her second novel, The Pink Hotel, was published by Alma Books in April 2011 and in paperback February 2012. She is currently living in London and writing her third novel.
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