The Glass Hotel

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Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / General / Mandel, Emily St. John, Fiction / Mandel, Emily
On Shelf At: Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch

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"From the award-winning author of Station Eleven, a captivating novel of money, beauty, white-collar crime, ghosts, and moral compromise in which a woman disappears from a container ship off the coast of Mauritania and a massive Ponzi scheme implodes in New York, dragging countless fortunes with it"-- Provided by publisher.
Vincent is a bartender at the Hotel Caiette, a five-star glass and cedar palace on an island in British Columbia. Jonathan Alkaitis works in finance and owns the hotel. When he passes her his card with a tip, it's the beginning of their life together. That same day, Vincent's half-brother, Paul, scrawls a note on the windowed wall of the hotel: "Why don't you swallow broken glass." Leon Prevant, a shipping executive for a company called Neptune-Avramidis, sees the note from the hotel bar and is shaken to his core. Thirteen years later Vincent mysteriously disappears from the deck of a Neptune-Avramidis ship. Their lives paint a picture of greed and guilt, fantasy and delusion, art and the ghosts of our pasts. -- adapted from jacket

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The Glass Hotel submitted by srussel on June 29, 2020, 7:37pm Amazing. I wasn't sure if I would like it as much as her other book, but it was really good and kept me thinking long after I finished it

Loved how it all came together submitted by AGAPHD on June 29, 2020, 10:26pm I really enjoyed this. Beautifully written and interesting to see how all the threads came together.

Intensely Conceived, Philosophically Insightful submitted by sVfGI7Glt2pz7GZgVB90 on July 6, 2020, 1:52am
A narrative about crisis, endurance and the search for meaning in life,

There are two interconnecting but apparently separate events – the failure of a vast Ponzi scheme, and the bizarre disappearance of a woman from a ship at sea.

Haunting submitted by kirterry on August 8, 2020, 9:19pm I didn't find the themes of this book as appealing as those of Station Eleven, but I really enjoy Mandel's writing and how she gradually reveals the connections between characters.

Loved this. submitted by leah karr on August 5, 2022, 12:18am A book published by my favorite author was one of a few highlights of 2020.
I enjoyed the mystery, the setting and the ease of reading this book

awesome book submitted by laurenalysse on July 25, 2023, 10:04am Another masterpiece by Emily St John Mandel. I loved the intertwining stories. The imagery of the hotel itself was particularly perfect as someone who has visited vancouver island.