{"product_id":"the-little-hotel-by-christina-stead-9781925355734","title":"The Little Hotel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'People live year after year in a hotel like this. We have their police papers, we know their sicknesses and family troubles; people come to confide in you. They tell you things they would not tell their own parents and friends, not even their lawyers and doctors.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the Second World War, bizarre characters from across the ruined continent have gathered at the 'fourth-rate' Hotel Swiss-Touring by Lake Geneva. Some are residents, while other guests have come for the season. In the claustrophobic atmosphere of the little hotel, their eccentricities and their desperation - their jealousies and vindictiveness - are all too apparent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1973, shortly before Christina Stead's return to Australia, \u003cem\u003eThe Little Hotel\u003c\/em\u003e is a sharp, witty satire of changing lives in postwar Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46672138961132,"sku":"9781925355734","price":17.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13882673482873.jpg?v=1752837028","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-little-hotel-by-christina-stead-9781925355734","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}