The world outside the Hotel Crystal, from New Jersey to Hiroshima, is a dangerous place for French novelist and editor Olivier Rolin. An assassin who may or may not be dead pursues him through a post–cold war terrorist world; the author/narrator arranges bogus WMD deals with the thug sons of a rogue dictator; he bribes a literary-prize commission to vote in his favor; he trades the remains. · Olivier Rolin translated by Jane Kuntz Dalkey Archive ($) by Levi Teal. One enters Olivier Rolin’s Hotel Crystal through a narrow door with a brass knob, which rests loosely in its housing and will not turn until www.doorway.ru inside, readers will find thick green shag underfoot that swallows the sound of their passing. · Visions of Italo Calvino’s seminal postmodernist romp Invisible Cities arise as the reader enters the cleverly fabricated world of this novel, originally published in French in , from Rolin (Paper Tiger, , etc.).
A movingly illuminating biography." --Kirkus Reviews Praise for Hotel Crystal "In this witty puzzler of a novel by Olivier Rolin (translated by Jane Kuntz), a traveler with the same name as the author begins each chapter with a description of a different hotel room he's stayed in around the world. Ngadi Maïssa Laude Université de Lorraine- Metz Centre Écritures (EA ) laudengadi@www.doorway.ru Les œuvres traduites d'Olivier Rolin () Ce tableau est le résultat d'une enquête dont les résultats sont commentés dans un article, «Cartographier l'imaginaire d'un écrivain: les traductions de l'œuvre d'Olivier Commentaire [A1]: A paraître dans la Revue en ligne. Praise for Hotel Crystal "In this witty puzzler of a novel by Olivier Rolin (translated by Jane Kuntz), a traveler with the same name as the author begins each chapter with a description of a different hotel room he's stayed in around the world. These, in turn, become occasions for Rolin (or 'Rolin'?) to tell us of his adventures as a globe.
One need not be a world traveler or international spy to enjoy Olivier Rolin’s Hotel Crystal, but the allure and intrigue of both take center stage in this cleverly crafted antinovel-cum-travelogue. French novelist and journalist Olivier Rolin chooses another “Olivier Rolin” to play the starring role in this collection of global capers that are disjointedly linked through a series of detailed hotel room descriptions. Hotel Crystal book. Read 10 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Olivier Rolin spent his childhood in Senegal. He then studied at the Louis-le. These, in turn, become occasions for Rolin (or 'Rolin'?) to tell us of his adventures as a globe-trotting amateur spy and dashing lover. Frenchman Rolin engages in literary game-playing in Hotel Crystal, crossing influences such as Vladimir Nabokov and Georges Perec.” Entertainment Weekly. Olivier Rolin once again made the bet of a radical invention.
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