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Hotel Theory is two books in one: a meditation on the meaning of hotels, and a dime novel (Hotel Women) featuring Lana Turner and Liberace. Typical of Wayne Koestenbaum's invigoratingly inventive style, the two books -- one fiction, one nonfiction -- run concurrently, in twin columns, and the articles "a," "an," and "the" never appear. The nonfiction ruminations on hotels are divided into eight dossiers, composed of short takes on the presence of hotels in the author's dreams as well as in literature, film, and history. Guest stars include everyone from Oscar Wilde to Marilyn Monroe. Hotel Theory gives (divided) voice to an aesthetic of hyperaesthesia, of yearning. It is an oblique manifesto, the place where writing disappears. A new mode of theorizing -- in fiction, in fragment, through quotation and palimpsest -- arises in this dazzling work.
| ISBN-13 | 9781933368696 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1933368691 |
| Weight | 0.75 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 6.54 x 0.51 x 8.74 In |
| List Price | $17.95 |
| Format | - |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Pages | 192 pages |
| Publisher | Soft Skull |
| Published On | 2007-07-12 |
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