As the distinction between reality and fantasy blurs, Clare finds grounding in memories of her childhood in Florida and of her marriage"-Publisher marketing. Grief-stricken and baffled, Clare tails Richard, a horror film scholar, through the newly tourist-filled streets of Havana, clocking his every move. Preview this book What people are saying - Write a review User. He's wearing a white linen suit she's never seen before, and he's supposed to be dead. The Third Hotel is a propulsive, brilliantly shape-shifting novel from an inventive author at the height of her narrative powers. Laura van den Berg has written what amounts to a shape-shifter of a novel, where Clare searches for clarity and finality in a world that keeps changing, flashing and rearranging itself. so much subtextual lava is coursing under the surface of every page of The Third Hotel the book feels like it’s going to erupt in your hands. The fantastic plot is elevated by van den Berg’s fantastic writing and unique twists of language. "Shortly after Clare arrives in Havana, Cuba, to attend the annual Festival of New Latin American Cinema, she finds her husband Richard standing outside a museum. There’s Borges and Bolaño, Kafka and Cortázar, Modiano and Murakami, and now Laura van den Berg. As the distinction between reality and fantasy blurs, Clare finds grounding in memories of her childhood in Florida and of her. He's wearing a white linen suit she's never seen before, and he's supposed to be dead. "Shortly after Clare arrives in Havana, Cuba, to attend the annual Festival of New Latin American Cinema, she finds her husband Richard standing outside a museum.
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