Hotel Milano

Booker shortlisted author of Europa

Tim Parks

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English

Harvill
17 January 2023

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Set in a grand hotel as Milan shuts down in early 2020, this is a classic story of a man's emotional reckoning and the unexpected kindness of strangers

From the bestselling writer of Italian Ways, Europa and The Hero's Way, a story set during the first days of lockdown in Europe, about the unexpected kindness of strangers and one man's emotional reckoning.

Milan, 2020. Drawn abruptly from his reclusive life in London for a friend's funeral, Frank finds himself in the eye of a pandemic he had barely registered on the news. From the relative comfort of his balcony at Hotel Milano, he surveys the train station across the piazza, seeing the mad dash for the last trains, hearing the sirens and watching the police stop people in the street. He feels himself remote from it all.

Then, one night, the sound of a child's footsteps leads him to discover a family sheltering secretly above him- a family who need his help. As the days pass, this reserved and difficult man begins to open himself to others. Faced with the task of saving a life, he must also take stock of his own.

By: Tim Parks
Imprint: Harvill
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 214mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 241g
ISBN: 9781787303416
ISBN 10: 1787303411
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 17 January 2023
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born in Manchester, Tim Parks grew up in London and studied at Cambridge and Harvard. He lives in Milan. Parks is the acclaimed author of novels, non-fiction and essays, including Europa, A Season with Verona, Teach Us to Sit Still, Italian Ways and Italian Life. He has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and has won many awards for both his work in English and his translations from the Italian, which include works by Alberto Moravia, Italo Calvino, Roberto Calasso, Antonio Tabucchi and Niccol Machiavelli.

Reviews for Hotel Milano: Booker shortlisted author of Europa

One of the most enjoyable books I have read in a long time... Elegantly written, full of wit and charm, this is travel writing at its very best -- Orlando Figes on THE HERO'S WAY Parks intertwines his travelogue with thought-provoking contemplation on leadership, history, memory, politics, idealism and the true meaning of love of country... Implicit and compelling -- Jeremy Cliffe * New Statesman on THE HERO'S WAY * A delightful account of an enthusiast's romp through history and his adopted country -- Max Norman * Literary Review on THE HERO'S WAY * Tim Parks, a long-time resident in Italy, is an accomplished writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and this deft and affecting short novel combines his skills in both disciplines * New Statesman * Excellent... [and] quietly devastating... While recent pandemic novels such as Sarah Hall's Burntcoat and Sarah Moss's The Fell gave us the claustrophobia and forced intimacy of the pandemic, Hotel Milano comes closest to evoking what it was really like to watch the world be redrawn in real time * Guardian *