The girl at the Lion d'Or
Sebastian Faulks
2010 · Penguin Random House · 256 pages
FictionFrance in fictionHistoryOrphansWaitresses
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A mysterious young girl arrives to take up a post at the seedy Hotel du Lion d'Or in a small French town in the mid-1930's.
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Quiet, observational, and lightly philosophical — the prose is the point. Best for readers who already enjoy literary fiction and aren't reading for plot. Frustrates anyone expecting clear stakes.
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