Splendide-Hôtel Writing blending memoir

blending memoir

and reads like a closely observed novel of manners – then and now

in back alleys and docks

and comical inventiveness

or technological

Splendide-Hôtel Writing blending memoirby Gilbert Sorrentino Publication Date: 07 01 1984 ISBN: 9781564782786 Arthur Rimbaud's invented "Splendide Hotel," "built in the chaos of ice and of the polar night," provides the occasion for Sorrentino's imaginative meditation on letters and language. Each chapter serves as an opportunity for the author to expand on thoughts and images suggested by a letter of the alphabet, as well as to reflect upon the workings of the imagination, particularly in