Author Description

A Writer Takes Residence In The Illustrious But Decaying Grand Hotel Europa, To Think About Where Things Went Wrong With Clio, With Whom He Fell In Love In Genoa And Moved To Venice. He Reconstructs A Compelling Story Of Love In Times Of Mass Tourism, About Their Trips To Malta, Palmaria, Portovenere And The Cinque Terre And Their Thrilling Search For The Last Painting Of Caravaggio. Meanwhile, He Becomes Fascinated By The Mysteries Of Grand Hotel Europe And Gets More And More Involved With The Memorable Characters Who Inhabit It, And Who Seem To Come From A More Elegant Time. All The While, Globalisation Seems To Be Grabbing Hold Even On This Place Frozen In Time.--publisher. Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer; Translated From The Dutch By Michele Hutchinson. Translated From The Dutch. First Published In Dutch In 2018 By De Arbeiderspers.