{"product_id":"hotel-world-by-ali-smith","title":"Hotel World by Ali Smith","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFive disparate voices inhabit Ali Smith's dreamlike, mesmerising \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHotel World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, set in the luxurious anonymity of the Global Hotel, in an unnamed northern English city. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe disembodied yet interconnected characters include Sara, a 19-year-old chambermaid who has recently died at the hotel; her bereaved sister, Clare, who visits the scene of Sara's death; Penny, an advertising copywriter who is staying in the room opposite; Lise, the Global's depressed receptionist; and the homeless Else who begs on the street outside. Smith's ambitious prose explores all facets of language and its uses. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSara takes us through the moment of her exit from the world and beyond; in her desperate, fading grip on words and senses she gropes to impart the meaning of her death in what she terms \"the lift for dishes\"--then comes a flash of clarity: \"That's the name for it, the name for it; that's it; dumb waiter dumb waiter dumb waiter.\" Blended with hers are other voices: Penny's bland journalese and Else's obsession with metaphysical poetry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \/ 256 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32694220161109,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/products\/9780140296792.jpg?v=1599078945","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/hotel-world-by-ali-smith","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}