William Trevor Mrs. Eckdorf in the O’Neill Hotel review, recensie en informatie Ierse roman uit 1969. Op deze pagina lees je uitgebreide informatie over de roman uit 1969 van de uit Ierland afkomstige schrijver William Trevor. Een Nederlandse vertaling van de roman is niet verkrijgbaar.
William Trevor Mrs. Eckdorf in the O’Neill Hotel review en recensie
- ” It’s a full house of believable, likable rogues and rabble, with an unexpected joker.” (Kirkus Reviews)
- “An astounding richness of pathos, humour and tragedy.” (Francis King)
- “Without doubt he is one of Britain’s funiets novelists. (The Times)
Mrs. Eckdorf in the O’Neill Hotel
- Auteur: William Trevor (Ierland)
- Soort boek: Ierse roman uit 1969
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Penguin
- Omvang: 288 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Prijs: £ 15,99 / £ 5,99
- Waardering redactie: ∗∗∗∗∗ (uitstekend)
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
Flaptekst van de roman van de Ierse schrijver William Trevor uit 1969
What was the tragedy that turned O’Neill’s hotel from plush establishment into a dingy house of disrepute? Ivy Eckdorf is determined to find out. A professional photographer, she has come to Dublin convinced that a tragic and beautiful tale lies behind the facade of this crumbling hotel.
The aging proprietor lies dying upstairs while her feckless son is lost in a world of drink and horseracing; and the loyal O’Shea, accompanied everywhere by his greyhound, seeks to keep the hotel on the road. As Mrs Eckdorf worms her way into lives that centre on the hotel, she becomes as much a victim as they are.
William Trevor was born on 24 May 1928 in Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland. He has written many novels, and has won many prizes 
including the Hawthornden Prize, the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award, and the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. His most recent novel Love and Summer was longlisted for the Booker Prize. He is also a renowned writer of short stories, and his two-volume Collected Stories was published by Viking Penguin in 2009. In 1999 William Trevor received the prestigious David Cohen Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime’s literary achievement, and in 2002 he was knighted for his services to literature. He died in his sleep on 20 November 2016 in Crediton, Devon, England at the age of 88.