{"id":22900,"date":"2017-10-30T11:45:22","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T15:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=22900"},"modified":"2017-10-30T11:45:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T15:45:22","slug":"anne-enright-the-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2017\/10\/30\/anne-enright-the-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Anne Enright: “The Hotel”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“The Hotel”<\/strong><\/span>
\nby Anne Enright
\nfrom the November 6, 2017 issue of\u00a0The New Yorker<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/h3><\/div>

\"\"W<\/span>hile I patiently wait for The New Yorker<\/em> to publish the William Trevor story they said they were holding on to, I’m happy to keep getting stories from other authors I respect, and I’m thrilled at the conversations that have been going on in the comments. I expect this comment stream might carry that on because Enright is often quite divisive. I, for one, am a fan, but many others really dislike her work, which can be cold, harsh, distant, and opaque.<\/p>\n

However, and despite my abiding admiration for Enright’s work, earlier this year her story “Solstice” appeared in the magazine, and I had a hard time discussing it (see here<\/a>). Indeed, my first comment there: “The strangest thing: I read the story last Monday and planned to write some thoughts here when I had the time. When that time came, I couldn’t really remember the story!”<\/p>\n

I wonder what we’ll get here! I haven’t yet looked at even a word of “The Hotel,” so I don’t know what to expect. I look forward, as always, to the comments below and hope everyone feels welcome to chime in.<\/p>\n<\/div>