Bøger af Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer

Efter bruddet med sit livs store kærlighed, den italienske Clio, lejer en forfatter et værelse på det udsøgte, men forfaldne Grand Hotel Europa. Han begynder at skrive deres historie ned og ud af det vokser en smuk fortælling frem om kærlighed i masseturismens tid, om deres rejser til Malta, Palmaria og Portovenere i deres medrivende jagt på Caravaggios sidste maleri. I løbet af skriveprocessen bliver han fascineret af det gamle hotels mysterier og bliver stadig mere involveret i de gæster der bor på hotellet – markante personligheder der virker som om de stammer fra mere elegante tider. Men hotellets fremtid er truet af globaliseringen, som finder vej selv derhen hvor tiden synes at være gået i stå.GRAND HOTEL EUROPA er hollandske Ilja Leonard Pfeijffers mesterlige roman om det gamle kontinent hvor fortiden dyrkes i en grad så der knap er plads til en fremtid, og hvor det mest realistiske fremtidsperspektiv er at udnytte fortidens kulturskatte til hvert år at tiltrække millioner af turister.

A master of language, Pfeijffer's autobiographical novel about migration, illegal and legal, in Genoa tells the story of Europe today

UN ROMAN D’AMOUR MAGISTRAL.UNE RÉFLEXION AMBITIEUSE SUR L’IDENTITÉ EUROPÉENNE, LE TOURISME DE MASSE ET L’IMMIGRATION.Un écrivain néerlandais pose ses valises au Grand Hotel Europa, un palace à la splendeur délabrée.Il vient de rompre avec son grand amour, Clio, historienne del’art passionnée, et souhaite coucher sur le papier leur tumultueuse histoire. Si l’écriture est un remède à sa désolation, les autres clients et le personnel de l’hôtel le sont tout autant.Il y a là Abdul, le groom, rescapé d’un naufrage en Méditerranée ; M. Montebello, le majordome, nostalgique d’un passé fastueux ; un armateur crétois ; une poétesse française et, surtout, M. Wang, le nouveau propriétaire chinois, décidé à rendre l’endroit attractif pour ses congénères...Publié à Amsterdam sous le titre original Grand Hotel Europa par Uitgeverij De Arbeiderspers en 2018. Cet ouvrage a été publié avec l’accord des éditions Uitgeverij De Arbeiderspers et de l’agence 2 Seas Literary Agency. Traduit du néerlandais par Françoise Antoine. © Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, 2018. Tous droits réservés. © Presses de la Cité, 2021, pour la traduction française.Pour les fans de The Grand Budapest Hotel de Wes Anderson.Poète, écrivain, journaliste, dramaturge, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer est l’une des voix les plus singulières de la scène littéraire néerlandaise. Auteur d’une quarantaine d’ouvrages, il vit à Gênes depuis 2008. Grand Hotel Europa, son premier roman publié en France, est déjà traduit dans une trentaine de pays.Traduit du néerlandais par Françoise Antoine.

"[Grand Hotel Europa] calls to mind Nabokov, Tom Wolfe, Baudrillard, Umberto Eco, Wes Anderson . . . [A novel of] incorrigible high spirits." -Rand Richards Cooper, The New York Times Book ReviewA sweeping, atmospheric novel about European identity, centered on a hotel that encapsulates the continent's manifold contradictions.The love of my life lives in my past. Despite the alliteration it's a terrible line to have to write. I don't want to come to the conclusion that, just as for the hotel I'm staying in and the continent it is named after, the best times are behind me and I've little more to expect of the future than living off my past.A writer takes up residence in the stately but decaying Grand Hotel Europa in order to contemplate where things went wrong with Clio-an art historian and his one great love. His recollections take him back to when they first met in Genoa, his wanton visits to her in Venice, and their dulcet trips to Malta, Palmaria, Porto Venere, and the Cinque Terre in their thrilling search for the last painting made by Caravaggio. Meanwhile, he becomes fascinated by the mysteries of the Grand Hotel Europa and the memorably eccentric characters who inhabit it, all of whom seem to hail from a halcyon era. All the while, globalization is laying claim to even this place, where a sense of lost glory hangs sulkily in the air.Grand Hotel Europa is Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer's masterly novel of the old continent, where there's so much history that there hardly seems space left for a future. Cinematic, lyrical, and brimming with humor, this is a novel about the European condition, which, like the staff and residents of the Grand Hotel Europa, may have already seen its best days.

Longlisted for the 2023 DUBLIN Literary Award"[Grand Hotel Europa] calls to mind Nabokov, Tom Wolfe, Baudrillard, Umberto Eco, Wes Anderson . . . [a novel of] incorrigible high spirits." -Rand Richards Cooper, The New York Times Book ReviewA sweeping, atmospheric novel about European identity, centered on a hotel that encapsulates the continent's manifold contradictions.The love of my life lives in my past. Despite the alliteration it's a terrible line to have to write. I don't want to come to the conclusion, just as the hotel I'm staying in and the continent it is named after, that the best times are behind me and that I've little more to expect of the future than living off my past.A writer takes up residence in the stately but decaying Grand Hotel Europa in order to contemplate where things went wrong with Clio-an art historian and the love of his life. His recollections take him back to when they first met in Genoa, his wanton visits to her in Venice, and their dulcet trips to Malta, Palmaria, Portovenere, and the Cinque Terre in their thrilling search for the last painting made by Caravaggio. Meanwhile, he becomes fascinated by the mysteries of the Grand Hotel Europa and the memorably eccentric characters who inhabit it, all of whom seem to hail from a halcyon era. All the while, globalization is laying claim to even this place, where a sense of lost glory hangs sulkily in the air.Grand Hotel Europa is Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer's masterly novel of the old continent, where there's so much history that there hardly seems space left for a future. Cinematic, lyrical, and brimming with humor, this is a novel about the European condition, which like the staff and residents of the Grand Hotel Europa may have already seen its best days.

Both a lesson in rhetoric and a look at a disturbed mind, Rupert is one man's "confession" to a crime.