Book
The electric hotel / Dominic Smith.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374146856
- Physical Description: 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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| Subject: | Cinematographers > Fiction. Film historians > Fiction. Silent films > Fiction. Hotels > California > Los Angeles > Fiction. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at South Interlake Regional Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stonewall Library | FIC SMITH (Text) | 3678714662 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"Winding through the nascent days of cinema in Paris and Fort Lee, New Jersey, the battlefields of Belgium during World War I, and the faded Knickerbocker Hotel in 1960s Hollywood, The Electric Hotel follows the intertwined fates of the cinematographer Claude Ballard and his muse, Sabine Montrose"-- - Baker & Taylor
A French pioneer of silent films who has lived for half a century in a Hollywood hotel is forced to reckon with the reappearance of the lost movie masterpiece that left him bankrupt. By the author of The Beautiful Miscellaneous. - McMillan Palgrave
A sweeping work of historical fiction from the New York Timesâbestselling author Dominic Smith, The Electric Hotel is a spellbinding story of art and love.
For more than thirty years, Claude Ballard has been living at the Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel. A French pioneer of silent films who started out as a concession agent for the Lumière brothers, the inventors of cinema, Claude now spends his days foraging for mushrooms in the hills of Los Angeles and taking photographs of runaways and the striplings along Sunset Boulevard. But when a film history student comes to interview Claude about The Electric Hotelâthe lost masterpiece that bankrupted him and ended the career of his muse, Sabine Montroseâthe past comes surging back. In his run-down hotel suite, the ravages of the past are waiting to be excavated: celluloid fragments in desperate need of restoration, as well as Claudeâs memories of the woman who inspired and beguiled him.
The Electric Hotel is a portrait of a man entranced by the magic of moviemaking, a luminous romance, and a whirlwind trip through early cinema. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.
