Hotel Splendide
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"Truly a great book--unique, invaluable and unapproachable as the gold standard of the genre... Bemelmans got there first, more frequently, and better." --Anthony Bourdain Acerbic, colorful, and spirited stories from a bygone era: behind the scenes in a grand NY hotel, from the author of the Madeline books
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Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1782277919
ISBN13:9781782277910
Release Date:November 2022
Publisher:Pushkin Press
Length:144 Pages
Weight:0.43 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.1" x 7.7"
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Wonderfully entertaining!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
A wonderful book from the creator of the Madeline books, a series I grew up with. 'Hotel Splendide' is a collection of stories and drawings detailing Bemelmans' time at the Hotel Splendide where he worked as a waiter after arriving in New York from Austria. The book is filled with the most amazing characters and events, and while some of the stories can only be, at best, large exaggerations, this only adds to its charm. A delightful book describing the vibrant life in the grand hotels of the 1920s and 30s.
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