‘The love of my life lives in my past. That is, despite the alliteration, a terrible sentence to write. I do not want to come to the conclusion that, as it is the case for the hotel where I am staying and the continent after which it is named, the best time is behind me and that I have little more to expect from the future than to live on my past.’ A writer takes residence in the illustrious but decaying Grand Hotel Europa, to think about where things went wrong with Clio, with whom he fell in love in Genoa and moved to Venice. He reconstructs a compelling story of love in times of mass tourism, about their trips to Malta, Palmaria, Portovenere and the Cinque Terre and their thrilling search for the last painting of Caravaggio. Meanwhile, he becomes fascinated by the mysteries of Grand Hotel Europe and gets more and more involved with the memorable characters who inhabit it, and who seem to come from a more elegant time. All the while, globalisation seems to be grabbing hold even on this place frozen in time. Grand Hotel Europa is Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer’s masterly novel on the old continent, where so much history resides that there is no place left for a future and where the most realistic future perspectives are offered in the form of exploiting the past in the shape of tourism.

'The love of my life lives in my past. That is, despite the alliteration, a terrible sentence to write. I do not want to come to the conclusion that, as it is the case for the hotel where I am staying and the continent after which it is named, the best time is behind me and that I have little more to expect from the future than to live on my past.' A writer takes residence in the illustrious but decaying Grand Hotel Europa, to think about where things went wrong with Clio, with whom he fell in love in Genoa and moved to Venice. He reconstructs a compelling story of love in times of mass tourism, about their trips to Malta, Palmaria, Portovenere and the Cinque Terre and their thrilling search for the last painting of Caravaggio. Meanwhile, he becomes fascinated by the mysteries of Grand Hotel Europe and gets more and more involved with the memorable characters who inhabit it, and who seem to come from a more elegant time. All the while, globalisation seems to be grabbing hold even on this place frozen in time. Grand Hotel Europa is Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer's masterly novel on the old continent, where so much history resides that there is no place left for a future and where the most realistic future perspectives are offered in the form of exploiting the past in the shape of tourism.

« Un grand roman nostalgique et poetique, sur l’Europe et son declin. » Le Figaro Un ecrivain neerlandais pose ses valises au Grand Hotel Europa, un palace a la splendeur delabree. Il vient de rompre avec son grand amour, Clio, historienne de l'art passionnee, et souhaite coucher sur papier leur tumultueuse histoire. Si l'ecriture est un remede a sa desolation, les autres clients et le personnel de l'hotel le sont tout autant. Il y a la Abdul, le groom, rescape d'un naufrage en Mediterranee ; M. Montebello, le majordome, nostalgique d'un passe fastueux ; un armateur cretois ; une poetesse francaise et, surtout, M. Wang, le nouveau proprietaire chinois, decide a rendre l'endroit attractif pour ses congeneres… « C'est un roman brillant, a l'image du lustre monumental eclairant le hall du Grand Hotel Europa. » Le Monde des livres « Un grand roman, autobiographique, nostalgique et poetique, sur l’Europe et son declin. » Le Figaro « Ca fuse, ca crepite, le voyage est inoubliable. » Madame Figaro « Dense et passionnant. » Le Vif/l’Express « Un roman ambitieux et superbe. » Le courrier de l’Ouest

Содержание Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1967) 1-1 –Leonard Cohen Suzanne 3:46 1-2 –Leonard Cohen Master Song 5:53 1-3 –Leonard Cohen Winter Lady 2:16 1-4 –Leonard Cohen The Stranger Song 4:58 1-5 –Leonard Cohen Sisters Of Mercy 3:33 1-6 –Leonard Cohen So Long, Marianne 5:36 1-7 –Leonard Cohen Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye 2:54 1-8 –Leonard Cohen Stories Of The Street 4:34 1-9 –Leonard Cohen Teachers 3:02 1-10 –Leonard Cohen One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong 4:21 Songs From A Room (1969) 1-11 –Leonard Cohen Bird On A Wire 3:24 1-12 –Leonard Cohen Story Of Isaac 3:32 1-13 –Leonard Cohen A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes 3:11 1-14 –Leonard Cohen The Partisan 3:19 1-15 –Leonard Cohen Seems So Long Ago, Nancy 3:36 1-16 –Leonard Cohen The Old Revolution 4:43 1-17 –Leonard Cohen The Butcher 3:14 1-18 –Leonard Cohen You Know Who I Am 3:26 1-19 –Leonard Cohen Lady Midnight 2:53 1-20 –Leonard Cohen Tonight Will Be Fine 3:46 Songs Of Love And Hate (1971) 1-21 –Leonard Cohen Avalanche 4:59 1-22 –Leonard Cohen Last Year's Man 5:56 1-23 –Leonard Cohen Dress Rehearsal Rag 6:02 1-24 –Leonard Cohen Diamonds In The Mine 3:48 1-25 –Leonard Cohen Love Calls You By Your Name 5:37 1-26 –Leonard Cohen Famous Blue Raincoat 5:07 1-27 –Leonard Cohen Sing Another Song, Boys 6:09 1-28 –Leonard Cohen Joan Of Arc 6:21 New Skin For The Old Ceremony (1974) 1-29 –Leonard Cohen Is This What You Wanted 4:14 1-30 –Leonard Cohen Chelsea Hotel No. 2 3:05 1-31 –Leonard Cohen Lover Lover Lover 3:18 1-32 –Leonard Cohen Field Commander Cohen 3:58 1-33 –Leonard Cohen Why Don't You Try 3:49 1-34 –Leonard Cohen There Is A War 2:58 1-35 –Leonard Cohen A Singer Must Die 3:17 1-36 –Leonard Cohen I Tried To Leave You 2:38 1-37 –Leonard Cohen Who By Fire?

Жанр: Поп и рокИсполнитель: NitsАльбом: Hotel EuropaГод записи: 2023 годСостав набора: Аналоговая пластинкаКоличество носителей: 2Упаковка: СтандартнаяИздатель: Music on Vinyl

Leonard Cohen - Death of a Ladies' Man [180 Gram Vinyl]. 1 LP. SIDE ONE - , 1 True Love Leaves No Traces - , 2 Iodine - , 3 Paper-Thin Hotel - , 4 Memories - , - , SIDE TWO - , 1 I Left A Woman Waiting - , 2 Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On - , 3 Fingerprints - , 4 Death Of A Ladies' Man -