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Anita Brookner
Born
in Herne Hill, England, The United Kingdom
July 16, 1928
Died
March 10, 2016
Genre
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Hotel du Lac
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published
1984
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2 editions
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Look at Me
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published
1983
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36 editions
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The Debut
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published
1981
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37 editions
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Strangers
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published
2009
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23 editions
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Fraud
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published
1992
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22 editions
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Latecomers
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published
1988
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30 editions
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The Rules of Engagement
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published
2003
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22 editions
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Brief Lives
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published
1990
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21 editions
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Providence
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published
1982
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30 editions
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Altered States
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published
1996
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23 editions
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“Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.”
― Hotel du Lac
― Hotel du Lac
“My idea of absolute happiness is to sit in a hot garden all, reading, or writing, utterly safe in the knowledge that the person I love will come home to me in the evening. Every evening.'
'You are a romantic, Edith,' repeated Mr Neville, with a smile.
'It is you who are wrong,' she replied. 'I have been listening to that particular accusation for most of my life. I am not a romantic. I am a domestic animal. I do not sigh and yearn for extravagant displays of passion, for the grand affair, the world well lost for love. I know all that, and know that it leaves you lonely. No, what I crave is the simplicity of routine. An evening walk, arm in arm, in fine weather. A game of cards. Time for idle talk. Preparing a meal together.”
― Hotel du Lac
'You are a romantic, Edith,' repeated Mr Neville, with a smile.
'It is you who are wrong,' she replied. 'I have been listening to that particular accusation for most of my life. I am not a romantic. I am a domestic animal. I do not sigh and yearn for extravagant displays of passion, for the grand affair, the world well lost for love. I know all that, and know that it leaves you lonely. No, what I crave is the simplicity of routine. An evening walk, arm in arm, in fine weather. A game of cards. Time for idle talk. Preparing a meal together.”
― Hotel du Lac
“It was then that I saw the business of writing for what it truly was and is to me. It is your penance for not being lucky. It is an attempt to reach others and to make them love you. It is your instinctive protest, when you find you have no voice at the world's tribunals, and that no one will speak for you. I would give my entire output of words, past, present and to come, in exchange for easier access to the world, for permission to state "I hurt" or " I hate" or " I want". Or indeed, "Look at me". And I do not go back on this. For once a thing is known it can never be unknown. It can only be forgotten. And writing is the enemy of forgetfulness, or thoughtlessness. For the writer there is no oblivion. Only endless memory.”
― Look at Me
― Look at Me
Polls
January 2026 New School Classics Poll
Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis, 1946, 335 pages
Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, 1932, 453 pages
Detective by Arthur Hailey, 1997, 400 pages
On the Road by Jack Kerouac, 1957, 307 pages
Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner, 1984, 194 pages
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Glens Falls (NY) ...: Do U SKIM much when you read? | 14 | 44 | Oct 02, 2009 09:50AM | |
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| THE JAMES MASON C...: AUTHOR FORUM - ANITA BROOKNER | 3 | 24 | Mar 03, 2010 02:30PM | |
| The Seasonal Read...: 25.4 - Nicole OH's Task - Happy Birthday to Me! | 104 | 271 | Jul 31, 2010 10:10AM | |
| The Life of a Boo...: Heidi's TBR challenge 2011 | 8 | 53 | Jun 22, 2011 08:39AM | |
| UK Book Club: Angela's Around the World in 80 Books | 6 | 81 | Oct 22, 2011 08:19AM |
