The New Life Hotel - Softcover
This novel of a moving love affair between a young American teacher and a mysterious African barmaid who are caught up in the euphoria and political turmoil of post-independence Africa was first published to critical acclaim in 1980.Award-winning novelist John Gardner called it "An immense book in every way-thoughtful, suspenseful, angry, and yet at the same time compassionate wonderfully ambitious An astonishing achievement."
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Edward Hower is the author of nine books, including The Storms of May, his latest novel, and The Pomegranate Princess, a volume of folktales he collected while on Fulbright grants to India. A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts award, he has written fiction and journalism for The Atlantic, The New York Times, Smithsonian, and many other publications.
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- PublisherAvon Books
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0380763729
- ISBN 13 9780380763726
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages389
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The New Life Hotel
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Bard Book, New York
(1980)
ISBN 10: 0380763729
ISBN 13: 9780380763726
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